9th Annual Coltman Competition Semi-Finalists and Finalists

Senior Division String & Piano Category

Semi-Finalist: Alwyn Quartet
Cleveland, OH

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74; I. Poco adagio–Allegro
  • Gabriella Smith: Carrot Revolution

Semi-Finalist: Bancroft Quartet
Denton, TX

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4; III. Menuet: Allegretto
  • Franz Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D. 810; I. Allegro

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Ivalas Quartet
Boulder, CO

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127; I. Maestoso-Allegro
  • Eleanor Alberga: String Quartet No. 2

Semi-Finalist: Monterey Piano Trio
Los Angeles, CA

Repertoire:

  • Maurice Ravel: Piano Trio in A Minor; II. Pantoum. Assez vif
  • Dimitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67; IV. Allegretto-Adagio

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Risus Quartet
Austin, TX

Repertoire:

  • Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 71, No. 2; I. Adagio-Allegro
  • Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80; I. Allegro vivace assai

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Saedal Quartet
New York, NY

Repertoire:

  • Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 13; I. Adagio-Allegro vivace
  • Leoš Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, “Kreutzer Sonata” IV. Con moto

Semi-Finalist: Solideo Quartet
Urbana, IL

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2; I. Allegro
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No. 25 in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2; I. Moderato

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Trio Matisse
Ann Arbor, MI

Repertoire:

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio in E-flat Major, K.498, “Kegelstatt”; II. Menuetto
  • Lowell Liebermann: Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 128; I. Movendo limpido

Semi-Finalist: Ylly Quartet
Los Angeles, CA

Repertoire:

  • Johannes Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 5, No. 2; I. Allegro non troppo
  • Erwin Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet: I. Alla Valse Viennese, II. Alla Serenata, III. Alla Czeca, IV. Tarantella, V. Alla Tarantella

Senior Division Mixed Instrumental Category

Semi-Finalist: Center Woodwind Quintet
Denton, TX

Repertoire:

  • Anton Reicha: Wind Quintet No. 2, Op. 88, No. 2; I. Lento. Allegro moderato
  • Jean Francaix: Wind Quintet No. 2; I. Preludio, II. Toccata. Allegro

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Clap7
East Lansing, MI

Repertoire:

  • Claude Debussy, arr. Vincent David: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10; I. Animé et très décidé
  • John Fitz Rogers: Prodigal Child

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Kodan Quintet
Houston, TX

Repertoire:

  • Maurice Ravel, arr. Mason Jones: Le Tombeau de Couperin; IV. Rigaudon
  • Jon Deak: The Bremen Town Musicians

Semi-Finalist: Locrian Quartet
Houston, TX

Repertoire:

  • Guillermo Lago: Ciudades; Köln (Germany)
  • Bedřich Smetana, arr. Bertrand Hainaut: Danse des comédiens from the Bartered Bride

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Mixed Media
Athens, GA

Repertoire:

  • David Salleras Quintana: Soñando una nana
  • Viet Cuong: Prized Possessions; II. Beggar’s Lace

Semi-Finalist: Novus Reed Quintet
Ann Arbor, MI

Repertoire:

  • Edvard Grieg, trans. Raaf Hekkema; Holberg Suite, Op. 40; IV. Air
  • Ton ter Doest: Circusmuziek; I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: PULSE
East Lansing, MI

Repertoire:

  • John Fitz Rogers: Prodigal Child
  • Alfred Desenclos: Quatuor pour saxophones; III. Poco largo, ma risoluto

Semi-Finalist: Quartet Samod
East Lansing, MI

Repertoire:

  • Gavin Bryars: Alaric I or II
  • Forrest Pierce: The Kansas Rapture; IV. Wichita Vortex Sutra

Semi-Finalist: Quintessence
Oberlin, OH

Repertoire:

  • Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G Minor; I. Allegro con moto
  • Samuel Barber: Summer Music, Op. 31

Semi-Finalist: Volante Quartet
Norman, OK

Repertoire:

  • John Fitz Rogers: Prodigal Child
  • Takuma Itoh: Echolocation

Junior Division String & Piano Category

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Andromeda Quartet
New York, NY

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, No. 1, Op. 18, No. 1; II. Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato
  • Alberto Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20; I. Allegro violento ed agitato

Semi-Finalist: AUN Trio
Flower Mound, TX

Repertoire

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in C Minor, No. 4, Op. 9, No. 3; I. Allegro con spirito
  • Ernő Dohnányi: Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Op. 10; I. Marcia, II. Romanza

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Baldwin String Quartet
Plano, TX

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1; I. Allegro con brio
  • Dimitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110; II. Allegro molto

Semi-Finalist: Dajj Quartet 
Worthington, OH

Repertoire:

  • Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13; IV. Presto–Adagio non lento
  • Alberto Ginastera: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20; I. Allegro violento ed agitato

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: FaMa Quartet
Colchester, VT

Repertoire:

  • Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80; III. Adagio
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 “Serioso”; IV. Larghetto espressivo–Allegretto agitato–Allegro

Semi-Finalist: Gio String Quartet
Plano, TX

Repertoire:

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B-flat, K.458; I. Allegro vivace assai
  • Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 “American”; IV. Vivace ma non troppo

Semi-Finalist: Golden Trio
Highwood, IL

Repertoire:

  • Astor Piazzolla: Estaciones Porteñas; II. Invierno Porteño
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3; IV. Finale. Prestissimo

Semi-Finalist: JDR Quartet
Plano, TX

Repertoire:

  • Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2; I. Allegro
  • Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major; I. Allegro moderato–très doux

Semi-Finalist: Reverie Quartet
Houston, TX

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4; I. Allegro ma non tanto
  • Sergei Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92; I. Allegro sostenuto

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Sprezzatura Quartet
Chicago, IL

Repertoire:

  • Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major; II. Assez vif–très rhythmé
  • Jennifer Higdon: Southern Harmony; II. Reel Time

Junior Division Mixed Instrumental Category

Semi-Finalist: Axiom Winds
College Station, TX

Repertoire:

  • Paul Hindemith: Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2; II. Walzer
  • Antonín Dvořák, arr. George Barrére & Samuel Baron: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, “American”; I. Allegro ma non troppo

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Centauri Sextet
Carrollton, TX

Repertoire:

  • Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. Mark Smith: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70; IV. Allegro vivace
  • Chris Evan Hass: Volcanic Ash

Semi-Finalist: Drastic Quartet
Round Rock, TX

Repertoire:

  • Takatsugu Muramatsu, arr. Makoto Asari: Far Away
  • David Maslanka: Recitation Book; V. Fanfare/Variations on “Durch Adams Fall” (Through Adam’s Fall)

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Halcyon Quartet
Houston, TX

Repertoire:

  • Eugéne Bozza: Andante et Scherzo; I. Andante
  • Arthur Frackenpohl: Sax Lix

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Incendio Saxophone Trio
Chicago, IL

Repertoire:

  • Witold Lutoslawski, arr. Matt Fowler: Trio; I. Allegro moderato, II. Allegro giocoso
  • Jean Françaix, arr. Matt Fowler: Divertissement; II. Allegro assai

Semi-Finalist: Mountain Ridge High School Saxophone Quartet
Glendale, AZ

Repertoire:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven, trans. Jon Bubbett: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 “Pathétique”; II. Adagio cantabile
  • Chris Evan Hass: Polar Vortex; II. Bloodthirsty Blizzard

Semi-Finalist & Finalist: Plexus Quartet
Carrollton, TX

Repertoire:

  • John Fitz Rogers: Prodigal Child
  • Faustin & Maurice Jeanjean: Quatuor pour saxophones; IV. Concert sur la place

Semi-Finalist: Zorion Quartet
Spring, TX

Repertoire:

  • Pierre Max Dubois: Quatuor; I. Allegretto, II. Allegro, III. Pastorale, IV. Musette
  • Antonín Dvořák, arr. Bertrand Hainaut; String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 “American”; IV. Vivace ma non troppo

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