Senior Category:
1st place: Joshua Swank
2nd: Stella Wadsworth
3rd: Graham Carlson
Honorable Mention: Dalloway Smith
Junior Category:
1st Aliya Gardner
2nd Yejoon Jung
3rd Elian Coley
Honorable Mention: Mary Erickson & Ella Johnson
Congratulations to the winners and bravo to everyone who participated in the competition! Recording of the competition final: https://youtube.com/live/fuWVsm8Sg6M
Ages 15 or younger
Full-time high school or undergraduate students within the ages of 16 to 25
1) One movement from J. S. Bach’s Cello Suites
2) Contestant’s own choice.
*It is suggested that repertoire beyond the required work be varied in both time period and style.
Junior Division: 5-10 minutes
Senior Division: 7-15 minutes
a) Time limits are suggestions only. Performances under the minimum will not be disqualified. Nevertheless, contestants are encouraged to fully utilize the performance time to feature themselves in the best possible light.
b) The cutting of lengthy piano tutti sections is strongly encouraged.
a) Complete works or complete single movements from works will be required of all contestants.
b) No composer may be represented more than once in each contestant’s program. Multiple movements of the same work are permitted but two composers MUST be represented.
c) All works (including sonatas) performed in the Final Round must be played by memory.
d) First-prize winners of the previous years cannot re-enter the same category
e) Competition finalists are expected to stay after the competition to participate in the other sessions of the festival and perform in the final cello ensemble concert
A Preliminary recording (YouTube link) is due on September 1 with the competition registration. The required repertoire (Bach) must be included. Other work(s) presented on the recording not required to be the same as the potential live Final Competition.
Recordings must be in video format. Please upload it to YouTube and submit the link of your video. Each piece or movement must be recorded without editing. Edited performances will be disqualified. Contestants should submit as high quality recording as possible.
Piano accompaniment is not required for the preliminary recording
September 13 afternoon in Eccles Concert Hall
Accompanist required for pieces originally written with a piano or orchestra
An official accompanist will be available to rehearse with entrants on Sept 12 or prior to the competition, but with limited rehearsal time. The official accompanist will be hired by the festival. While entrants are allowed to bring their own accompanists if preferred, any such accompanist’s fee or additional rehearsal time with the official accompanist will NOT be covered by the festival.
*The competition reserves the rights to add a semi-final round if needed due to the number and performance level of the participants
*The adjudicators and the Cello Festival Director reserved the rights not to award any of the above prizes based on the level of the competition
*The first-prize winners will perform in the 2-pm Matinee Chamber Concert on September 14.
All competition participants will automatically be a part of the Cello Festival of Southern Utah. Enter the competition by filling out the Competition & Festival Registration,. The competition-festival registration fee is $75.
PDF format of the above competition application guidelines: click here
Email: Ka-Wai.Yu@utahtech.edu
Phone: 435-652-7797
Office: Eccles 138
