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Jasper String Quartet Wins 2016 Educator Award
Fischoff is delighted to announce that Jasper String Quartet has been selected as winner of the 2016 Fischoff Educator Award. This national award recognizes the educational outreach work of Fischoff Competition alumni who have demonstrated outstanding and imaginative programming for children and youth in the United States. It honors musicians who have established professional careers in chamber music, and have proven their ability to successfully build a career in both chamber music performance and outreach education.
As winner of the Fischoff Educator Award, Jasper String Quartet will receive a coveted endorsement from Fischoff, a cash award, and a week of community outreach programs in the South Bend region October 24-27, 2016 as part of Fischoff’s award-winning Arts-in-Education Residency.
In 2008, the Jaspers swept through the competition circuit, winning the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize in the Plowman Chamber Music Competition, the Grand Prize at the Coleman Competition, First Prize at Chamber Music Yellow Springs, and the Silver Medal at the 2008 and 2009 Fischoff Competitions. They were also the first ensemble honored with Yale School of Music’s Horatio Parker Memorial Prize, an award established in 1945 and selected by faculty for “best fulfilling…lofty musical ideals.”
The Jaspers have been hailed as “sonically delightful and expressively compelling” (The Strad) and “powerful” (New York Times). “The Jaspers…match their sounds perfectly, as if each swelling chord were coming out of a single, impossibly well-tuned organ, instead of four distinct instruments.” (New Haven Advocate)
Fischoff’s Educator Award Residency is sponsored by Wells Fargo
Fischoff’s Winter Gala: Black, White & Red Hot Jazz
Save the date! January 23, 2016
Join us for wine & a gourmet bistro dinner featuring Jua Coates, jazz pianist, and get ready for a clever game of chance with Doug Osthimer.
Visit the limited silent auction including a painting gifted to Fischoff by artist Bill Sandusky, furniture from C Kramer Interiors, a trip to Italy to see Fischoff’s 2015 Grand Prize Winner, dinners, golf outing, and more.
Enjoy a smokin’ hot jazz performance by Kenari Saxophone Quartet, 2015 Silver Medalist of the Fischoff Competition, Jacobs School of Music, IU
Tickets: Individual Guests $150 or Patron Guests (listing in program) $200
Black, white or red hot apparel encouraged. Jazz it up!
R.S.V.P. Please
For inquiries, contact 574.631.2903 or fischoff@fischoff.org
From the Top Backstage at Fischoff to Air Week of June 15
Fischoff has enjoyed a long relationship with the hit NPR show From the Top with host Christopher O’Riley. And through an exciting collaboration, a new show called From the Top Backstage at Fischoff will air next week! The show is an hour-long program featuring the 2015 Fischoff Competition’s Junior Division. With interviews, performances and competition rounds, you will get a sneak peek into the essence of the Junior Division.
From the Top Backstage at Fischoff will air nationally starting Monday, June 15. To check your local NPR station’s program schedule, click here. The show will also be available via From the Top’s podcast and website. In the Michiana area, WVPE 88.1 will air the program on Friday, June 19 at 7:00 pm.
Be sure to tune in and be part of this unprecendented opportunity showcasing the best junior chamber musicians in the nation!
Announcing the Winners of the 2015 Fischoff Competition
The Senior String Division Silver Medal ($3,000) went to the Calla Quartet, whose members Michaela Wellems (violin), Amelia Dietrich (violin), Aiden Kane (viola) and Karissa Zadinsky (cello) study at The Colburn School, Los Angeles, California. The Senior String Division Barbara Shields Byrum Bronze Medal ($2,000) went to the Autana Trio of Cleveland, Ohio. Members include Yuri Noh (piano), Ruben Rengel (violin), and Anna Bowman (cello).
In the Junior Division (for musicians eighteen and under), the First Place Medal and Scholarship of $2,300 was won by the Incendium Quartet of The Colburn School and Pasadena Conservatory, Los Angeles, California. Geneva Lewis (violin), Mei Zhan (violin), Emma Wernig (viola) and Atticus Mellor-Goldman (cello). The Second Place Medal and Scholarship of $1,800 was won by the Trio Adonais of the New England Conservatory Prep School Boston, Massachusetts. Members include Sammy Andonian (violin), Mari Nagahara (cello) and John Gibson (piano). The Third Place Medal and Scholarship ($1,300) went to the Alegrar Quartet of Barratt Due Institute of Music, Oslo, Norway. Members include Inga Vaga Gåustad (violin), Oda Holt Günther (violin), Michael Andreas Grolid (viola) and Brage Botn Seim (cello). Honorable Mentions went to the Isolde Quartet of New England Conservatory Prep, Boston, Massachusetts and Atara String Quartet of the Music Institute of Chicago.
The Junior Division Wind Prize and scholarship of $500 was won by Yumpadump Brass Trio of Merit School of Music, Chicago, Illinois. Members include Ricardo Zapata (trumpet), David Sweeney (horn), and Adriel Garcia (trombone). Sponsored by the American Brass Quintet, this award honors the most outstanding wind ensemble in the Junior Division.
Announcing the 2015 Fischoff Competition Finalists
Join us in congratulating the finalists in the Senior Wind, Senior String & Junior Divisions! The following ensembles will vie for gold tomorrow, May 10:
Senior Wind Division:
- Prismatics Woodwind Quintet
- Mirasol Quartet
- Kenari Quartet
Senior String Division:
- The Calla Quartet
- Zora String Quartet
- Autana Trio
Junior Division:
- Incendium Quartet
- Alegrar Quartet
- Trio Adonais
And the recipient of the Junior Division Wind Prize is Yumpadump Brass Trio.
Announcing BOTH the 2015 Senior Wind & Senior String Division Semifinalists
We are pleased to announce the Senior Wind & Senior String Division Semifinalists of the 2015 Fischoff Competition. Click here to view the full list & details.
W3 Prismatics Woodwind Quintet
W4 Mirasol Quartet
W6 East End Quartet
W8 Trio Dionysus
W9 Kenari Quartet
W11 Cardinal Winds
S1 Quartet Orange
S3 Azalea Quartet
S4 Calla Quartet
S5 Zora String Quartet
S9 Commodore Quartet
S12 Autana Trio
Junior Division semifinalists will be announced at the competitor meeting on Saturday morning.
Congrats to all!
Announcing the 2015 Junior Division Semifinalists
Congrats to the Junior Division semifinalists of the 2015 Fischoff Competition! Click here to view the peformance schedule.
J2 Aurelius Piano Trio
J7 Chante Piano Trio
J8 Incendium Quartet
J10 Isolde Quartet
J11 Piano Trio Royale
J13 Etoile String Quartet
J15 Omorfia Trio
J18 Alegrar String Quartet
J20 Fortis Piano Quartet
J21 Trio Adonais
J24 Atara String Quartet
J25 Premier String Quartet
42nd Annual Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition
Join us May 8-10 for the Fischoff Competition, held at the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center. Over the course of just three days, hundreds of young musicians will come from across the globe to vie for gold in this most prestigious of competitions.
New This Year
- NPR’s hit radio show From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley will be at this year’s Fischoff Competition taping a special program call From the Top Backstage at Fischoff. This program will be entirely dedicated to showcasing some of the nation’s best chamber musicians who are participating in Fischoff’s Junior Division. Through interviews, performances and backstage banter, the unique experience of Fischoff’s youngest musicians will be shared with 700,000 NPR listeners on June 15, 2015.
- WNIT public television will present an enhanced live broadcast of the Grand Prize Concert, Sunday, May 10, at 3:30 p.m. Through multiple camera work, WNIT will capture the essence of the competition and its musicians.
- Live streaming of 2 days of the Competition is estimated to reach 6,000+ global viewers.
Interesting Facts
- 29 countries represented the entries
- The youngest entry is 13 years old
- One of the Junior Division ensembles is coming from Norway
- 135 ensembles applied, 49 were accepted
All competition rounds are free and open to the public. A complete weekend schedule can be found here.
From the Top Backstage at Fischoff
Fischoff has enjoyed a long relationship with the hit NPR show, From the Top, hosted by Christopher O’Riley. We are pleased to announce a new collaboration – a show called From the Top Backstage at Fischoff. The show will dedicate an hour-long program to the 2015 Fischoff Competition’s Junior Division. Through interview, performances and competition rounds, Backstage at Fischoff will capture the essence of Fischoff’s Junior Division. The unique experience that musicians have at Fischoff will be shared with 700,000 national listeners in the fall of 2015. This is an unprecedented opportunity to showcase the best junior chamber musicians in the nation during Fischoff Competition weekend, May 8-10, 2015.
Live streaming will also be available at www.fischoff.org on Saturday, May 9, 8:30 a.m. – 6:40 p.m., and Sunday, May 10, 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Contact fischoff@fischoff.org for further information.