Information~~Dates~~Application/Guidelines~~Judges~~Board of Advisors~~Sponsors
The Nelly Berman School of Music will be holding our competition, “Young Classical Virtuosos of Tomorrow” this coming spring. This competition is proudly sponsored by Jacobs Music and West Chester University. YCVT is open to both competitive and non-competitive students. This is a great opportunity for students to perform at the Kimmel Center, West Chester University’s beautiful Madeleine Wing Adler Theater, get feedback from prestigious judges, and have a chance to win fabulous prizes. The winners of the Concerto Competition (open to all ages in strings and piano, and collegiate in voice) will be performing with the West Chester Symphony Orchestra during the International Barber Festival. This second annual competition is for music students ages 5-25 (including a collegiate division.) Students will be competing in piano, harp, voice, strings, winds/ brass, chamber music categories and a concerto competition. There are more than $5,000 in awards. The competition will encompass a broad range of musicians and levels and focus on providing all participants with an exciting, inspiring experience.
Dates/Times of Concerts:
6/4 starting at 2pm – Bronze Concert at West Chester University
6/5 starting at 2pm – Silver Concert at West Chester University
6/11 starting at 2pm – Bronze Concert at Villanova University
6/12 starting at 2pm – Silver Concert at Villanova University
6/19 starting at 3pm – Gold Concert at the Kimmel Center
Performance Fees for Concerts
*Prices do not include accompanist fees
- Bronze – $75 (includes 3 tickets for family/friends, $15 for extra tickets)
- Silver – $100 (includes 3 tickets for family/friends, $15 for extra tickets)
- Gold – $135 (includes 1 ticket for family/friend, cost for extra tickets TBA)
Performance Discounts
*Prices do not include accompanist fees
Some of you may be performing in multiple categories and concerts or are in chamber groups. Below is a list of performance discounts for these different situations.
- Performing in Gold and Silver/Bronze – Silver/Bronze is free
- Performing in 3 different instrument categories – 3rd performance fee of equal/lesser value is free
- Performing in 2 different instrument categories – 2nd performance fee is half off
- Performing in Chamber Group
- Bronze – $50 per person
- Silver – $65 per person
- Gold – $90 per person
Second Round of Concerto Competition: June 18th
Please click the Applications/Guidelines link above to download materials for the “Young Classical Virtuosos of Tomorrow” competition.
Thank you to the following teachers for involving their students in this year’s competition:
Piano: Adrienne Sirken, Anna Ouspenskaya, Chin-I Chang, Christie Peery Skousen, Diane Macbeth, Dmitry Borisovsky, Dorothy Poor, Ed Ferdinand, Elena Ayzenberg, Elena Berman Gantard, Elvira Kipinis, Emma Brailovsky, Eunice Kim, Hector Martignon, Igor Resnianski, Janet Abels, Jean-Francois Proulx, Katarzyna Marzec-Salwinski, Lili Bita, Larissa Korkina, , Olga Lerner, Margarita Genova, Maria Zolotareff, Maxim Mogilevsky, Mile Filatova, Mrs. Marina, Nancy Boston, Nathalia Varlashova, Nelly Berman, Patricia Carter, Robert Ourso, Sarah Seaman, Susan Starr, Suzanne Zak, Svetlana Smolina, Tamara Poddubnaya, Tatyana Abramova, Tatyana Lapid, Terry Klinefelter, Tomoko Kanamaru, Ursula Ingolfsson, Vladimir Ivanov, and Veda Zuponcic.
Brass/Woodwinds: Janet Easla, Ayako Oshima, Jeri Greenfield, Gene Isayev, Adeline Tomasone, Ed Schultz, Esther Chung, Joan Spark, and Jerry Schauer.
Strings: Ana Ruth Bermudez, Cassia Harvey, Kathy Read, Mirjam I. Ingolfsson, Peter Brye, Richard Jones, Albert Markov, Ana Kheyfets, C. J. Chang, Donald Weilerstein, E. Guerriero, Ellen Depasquale, Joseph Kauffman, Joshua Epstein, Karina Butterworth, Kathy Hart-Reilly, Kimberly Fisher, Leah Kim, Sally Tohmas, Sue Eddlemon, Simon Maurer, Sylvia Ahranjian, T. Schwarz, Tanya Ivanova, Vladimir Dyo, and Vladimir Agilin.
Voice: Andrea Broido, Cecilia Beatty, Clint Williams, Diane Macbeth, Elizabeth Vrenios, Ildiko Rozs, Lisa Willson, Mikhail Svetlov, Misoon Ghim, Noel Graves- Williams, Paul Spencer Adkins, Rebbeca Whitlow, and Teresa Moyer.
