MARY SMART CONCERTO COMPETITION

 

Summit Music Festival’s annual MARY SMART CONCERTO COMPETITION offers students a special challenge and an opportunity for public recognition. The competition is open to all registered students in the SMF program and who fully participate in the festival.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

Senior Division (Age 16 to 35)*

Junior Division (Under Age 16)

All contenders are required to play a movement from a concerto of his or her choice. All selections must be memorized.

* must not be represented by management agency

 

PRIZES:

Senior Division (Ages 16 to 35)

  • 1st Prize: $600 cash award and solo concerto performance with the Festival Orchestra in 2023 concert series
  • 2nd Prize: $300 cash award, and solo recital in the Summit Music Festival’s 2023 concert series
  • 3rd Prize$150 cash award, and special mention in the final program of the 2023 Festival

 

Junior Division (Under Age 16)

  • 1st Prize: $300 cash award, and solo performance with the Festival Orchestra in 2023 concert series
  • 2nd Prize: $150 cash award, and special mention in the final program of the 2023 Festival
  • 3rd Prize: $75 cash award and special mention in the final program of the 2023 Festival

 

NO ADDITIONAL FEE IS REQUIRED FOR ENTRY INTO THE COMPETITION

2023 Junior Division Winners

1st Prize – Andrew Zheng, Piano

1st Prize – Samuel Stein, Cello

2nd Prize – Stephan Ye, Violin

3rd Prize – Andrew Chi, Cello

Honorable Mention – Benjamin Stein, Cello

2023 Senior Division Winners

1st Prize – Rei Fukuoka, Piano

2nd Prize – Azalea Kelley, Piano

3rd Prize – Elizabeth Stein, Violin

3rd Prize – Joshua Stein, Cello