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

2021 Senior Division Winners

1st Prize – Filip Rupchin, viola

2nd Prize – Remi Furuto, violin

3rd Prize – Saffion Chung, piano

Honorable Mention – Hyunjin Lee, violin