2025-2026 Concerto Competition
Saturday, October 25, 2025
Competition begins at 9:30 a.m. | Convocation Hall
Two performers will be selected to perform as soloists in the Winter term, one with the Symphonic Wind Ensemble (dir. Angela Schroeder), the other with the University Symphony Orchestra (dir. Petar Dundjerski).
Performance Schedule:
- 9:30 | Evan Yin Piano | Prokofiev, Concerto No. 3 (Maria Kiki accompanist)
- 9:50 | Kai James Double-Bass | Koussevitsky, Concerto (Sara Soufi Siavash accompanist)
- 10:10 | Yann McHaffie Piano | Rachmaninov, Concerto No. 2 (Maria Kiki accompanist)
- 10:36 | Madison Berger Mezzo soprano | Duparc, Phidyle (Shannon Hiebert accompanist)
- 10:44 | Wiktoria Jurkiewicz Soprano | Beethoven, Ah! Perfido (Shannon Hiebert accompanist)
- 10:59 | Grayson MacKenzie Tenor | selections by Massenet, Mozart, Britten (Shannon Hiebert accompanist)
- 11:26 |Jane Gibson Soprano | selections by Duparc (Shannon Hiebert accompanist)
- 11:48 | Kyra Aubin Soprano | selections by Delibes, Vivaldi, Gounod (Shannon Hiebert accompanist)
- 12:03 | BREAK
- 12:40 | Amy Chau Piano | Mendelssohn, Concerto No. 1 (Julia Chau accompanist)
- 1:05 | Chinley Hinacay Alto Saxophone | Glazunov, Concerto (Sylvia Shadick accompanist)
- 1:25 | Dylan Lindsay Saxophone | Tomasi, Ballade (Sara Soufi Siavash accompanist)
- 1:45 | Mack Wood Trumpet | Arutunian, Concerto(Jared Samborski accompanist)
- 2:03 | Gibson Finlay Bb Tuba | Gregson, Concerto (Yuanyuan Que accompanist)
- 2:23 | Macy Pollock Clarinet | Milhaud, Concerto (Caitlin Grant accompanist)
- 2:43 | Sanjna Kaushal Flute | Libermann, Concerto (Rose Ka Yuk Yam accompanist)
- 3:03 | BREAK
- 3:33 | Megumi Varghese Flute | Nielsen, Concerto (Katie Tilbury accompanist)
- 3:43 | Karis Paracuelles Trombone | David, Concertino (Katie Tilbury accompanist)
- 4:03 | Rose Gray Clarinet | Debussy, Première rhapsodie(Maria Kiki accompanist)
- 4:23 | Esugen Gantumur French Horn | Mozart, Concerto No. 3 (Darolyn McCrostie accompanist)
- 4:43 | Wiktoria Jurkiewicz Oboe | Goosens, Concerto (Darolyn McCrostie accompanist)
- 4:57 | BREAK
- 5:39 | Esther Yao Violin | Tchaikovsky, Concerto (Maria Kiki accompanist)
- 5:59 | Serena Sullivan Violin | Mozart, Concerto No. 3 (Maria Kiki accompanist)
- 6:19 | Samantha Cardwell Violin | Barber, Concerto (Maria Kiki accompanist)
- 6:39 | Regis Yuen Viola | Telemann, Concerto in G (Jared Samborski accompanist)
- 6:55 | Anna Regehr Cello | Saint-Saens, Concerto No. 1 (Leanne Regehr accompanist)
- 7:15 | Jonah Hansen Cello | Dvorak, Concerto (Jeremy Spurgeon accompanist)
Learn more about the Concerto Competition, and other competitions hosted by the Department of Music, at this link.