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James Glacking Young Musicians
Competition
November 13, 2007
The competition is open
to any vocalist, string or wind instrument performer (except pianists)
currently in grades 9 through 12 who resides in Lake County, IL or Northern
Cook County (outside the Chicago city limits).
For 2007, the finalists
included: (left to right below) Cassie Shudak, Buffalo Grove HS, Ryan
Meehan, New Trier HS, Ryan Murphy, Maine South HS, Hyunjin Jessica Cho,
Glenbrook South HS, Ben Fried, Highland Park HS, and Leah Ferguson, New
Trier HS.
Ryan Murphy and Ben
Fried tied for 1st place, and Ryan Meehan took 2nd
place.
Ryan Murphy will
perform Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole for our March Concert, and Ben
Fried will perform Saint-Saëns 1st Cello Concerto for our May
Concert.
Ryan Murphy won
the Midwest Young Artists Junior strings division of the Walgreen's
National Concerto Competition in 2005 and won second place in the senior
division of that competition in 2007. He won the Music Teachers
National Association (MTNA) Illinois Junior Strings competition in 2005 and
honorable mention in the North Central Division of MTNA in 2006. Ryan
has participated in the Midwest Young Artists Orchestras for six years and
has been a member of a piano trio there for three years. His piano
trio has twice advanced to the quarter finals of the Fischoff National
Chamber Music Competition and won the 2008 National Chamber Music
Competition. He is currently a concertmaster of the Maine south High
School Symphony and Chamber Orchestras.
Ben Fried is presently a student of Professor Hans Jorgen Jensen of Northwestern
University. He is a member of
the Highland Park High School Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. He won this
years Highland Park High School Concerto Competition and performed the
Saint Saens Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Symphony Orchestra. He has soloed
with the Northbrook Symphony Orchestra.
He studies Klezmer technique, and is also a member of the Music Institute
of Chicago Academy and an avid chamber musician with the CYSO Con Fuoco
ensemble. He was the youngest, and only, sophomore cellist in the 2008
Illinois All-State Honors Orchestra. He studies music composition at the
Music Institute of Chicago.
In addition to the
ENTRY FORM, (download entry form)
applicants must submit a cassette or CD of two contrasting selections, one
of which could be performed with the symphony if the applicant should win
the competition. (Vocalists should submit two contrasting arias in their
original languages.) Entries will be screened by a committee from the
North Suburban Symphony. Up to eight finalists may be selected to appear in
a recital/competition to be held at Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest,
IL on Tuesday evening, November 13, 2007. Selections to be
performed in the finalist competition must be approximately ten minutes
each and must be memorized.
The FIRST PLACE WINNER
of this competition will receive a cash prize of $300 and the opportunity
to appear as featured soloist with the North Suburban Symphony on May 4,
2008. An additional $200 will be presented at the performance with the
Symphony, for a total of $500.
The SECOND PLACE WINNER
will also receive $300, and will be offered the opportunity to perform with
the symphony and receive the additional cash prize should the first place
winner be unable to appear.
A THIRD PLACE PRIZE of
$100 will also be presented. Two additional prizes of $50 for honorable
mention may be awarded at the discretion of the judges.
Winners must be present
at the awards ceremony following the competition in order to receive any
prize.
Melinda Vajdic
msvajdic@comcast.net
Entries must be
postmarked no later than October 1, 2007. Checks may be made payable to
North Suburban Symphony. For further information, please contact Melinda
Vajdic.
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