YOUTH COMPETITION

SFCM sponsors an annual Youth Chamber Music Competition. Its primary purpose is to encourage students in the Central

New York area, grades 7-12, to discover the joy of preparing and performing chamber music under the guidance of a coach.

2021 COMPETITION

SFCM’s annual Youth Chamber Music Competition took place in April. Participants must be in grades 7-12 and enrolled in a New York school district within 90 miles of Syracuse or home-schooled in one of those districts. This
includes Ithaca, Utica, Watertown, and Rochester.

There was no in-person competition this year. Competitors submitted recordings for judging.

Complete rules

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Each participating ensemble of 3-8 musicians must have a coach. At the competition, groups perform for about 15 minutes before two judges and receive written evaluations. Students in one or two of the ensembles are selected to receive prize money, and one group may be invited to perform at the beginning of an SFCM subscription concert before the featured professional ensemble. There is no entry fee for the competition.

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2021 PARTICIPANTS

These are the winners and competitors from the Youth Chamber Music Competition held virtually in April 2021. Our hearty thanks to this year's judges, Symphoria members Sonya Stith Williams, violin, and Julie Bridge, horn.

2021 winner: Best Ensemble

Coach: Aika Ito 

Hochstein School (Rochester)

Luke Pisani, violin

Yuki Wada, violin

Dmitri Bushunow, viola

Amy Feng, cello

Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, op. 10, movement 1

Shostakovich: String Quartet no. 98, op. 110, movement 2

Participating Ensembles