Coltman Chamber Competition
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The Felicity Coltman Chamber Music Competition provides performance experience and expert commentary to advanced applicants. Each year more talented and enthusiastic student ensembles from string quartets, to saxophone quintets, to piano trios, to woodwind and brass quintets compete. Join ACMC on Facebook for more competition pictures.
The next Coltman Chamber Competition will be held in the Spring of 2014!
The competition will be going state wide with lots of prizes and performance opportunities. Start getting your chamber ensembles together now so you can start rehearsing. More details to come….
The lastest Coltman Competition took place on Sunday, February 5, 2012 at the Armstrong Community Music School. A special thank you to this years judges Anne Epperson and Sandy Yamamoto.
2012 Winning Ensembles
1st Place: McCallum Marimba Quartet
Joe Walden, Kahli Holmes, Louis Raymond-Kolker & Cris Oliver
Repertoire: Christopher Deane Vespertine Formations
2012 1st Place Winning Ensemble Prizes:
$500 cash prize; Scholarship to ACMC’s Summer Workshop OR Young Artists Academy; Performance at an ACMC Synchronism Concert; Live taping session & interview with Dianne Donovan at KMFA 89.5.
2nd Place: Beethoven Piano Trio
Dylan Feldpausch, violin
Eve Galbraith, cello
Wells Leng, piano
Repertoire: L. van Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97 – I. Allegro Moderato
2012 2nd Place Winning Ensemble Prizes:
$250 cash prize; Scholarship to ACMC’s Summer Workshop OR Young Artists Academy; Performance at an ACMC Synchronism Concert.
The trio performed on Saturday, March 24 as the pre-show to ACMC’s Synchronism Concert: Vary Interesting with Gregory Sauer, cello & Michelle Schumann, piano.
Honorable Mention: Wang Duo
Edward Wang, violin
Eric Wang, cello
Repertoire: Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia duo for violin & cello
2011 Winning Ensembles
1st Place: Westwood Piano Quintet
Dongsoo Cha, violin
Kevin Tian, viola
Virginia Wang & Wells Leng, cello
Brian Park, piano
Repertoire: Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major “The Trout” – I. Allegro vivace
2nd Place: Clementine Piano Trio
Saskia Gregg, violin
Rachel Rivero, cello
Sofia Currie, piano
Repertoire: Joseph Haydn Trio in G Major, No. 25 – I. Andante
Honorable Mention: McCallum Brass Quintet
Eylam Anidjar & John Walden, trumpet
Chelsie Dever-Lewallen, horn
Matt Flores, trombone
Sydney Barber, tuba
Repertoire: Irving Berlin Alexander’s Ragtime Band
2010 Winning Ensembles
Winning Ensemble: Newburger-Andrade Duo
Joshua Newburger, violin
Laura Andrade, cello
Repertoire: Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia
Winning Ensemble: Westwood String Quartet
Jonathan Chang & Danny Chen, violin
Jimmy Wu, viola
Zach Lockett-Streiff, cello
Repertoire: Debussy String Quartet in G minor, Opus 11
Honorable Mention: Clementine Piano Trio
Saskia Gregg, violin
Rachel Rivero, cello
Sofia Currie, piano
Repertoire: Clementi Rondo, Opus 35, No. 2
Honorable Mention: McCallum String Quartet
Malini Riddle & Dylan Feldpausch, violin
Theresa Steele, viola
Eve Galbraith, cello
Repertoire: Stamitz String Quartet No. 2
