Mixed Media Kicks Off the 2022 Double Gold Tour on September 13
Competition
Congratulations to the 2022 Fischoff Competition Winners!
Grand Prize Winner
- Terra String Quartet
Senior String Division
- Gold – Terra String Quartet
- Silver – Trio Ondata
- Bronze – Pelia Quartet
Senior Wind Division
- Gold – Mixed Media
- Silver – Sequoia Reed Quintet
- Bronze – Sonarsix Sextet
Lift Every Voice Prize
- Sequoia Reed Quintet
Junior String Division
- Gold – Olive Trio
- Silver – Sycamore Trio
- Bronze – Peresson String Quartet
Junior Wind Division
- Gold – Plexus Quartet
- Silver – Incendio Saxophone Trio
- Bronze – Dali Quartet
American Brass Quintet Brass Ensemble Prize
- Kruspe Quintet
Kenneth Geoffroy Memorial Award
- Lexingham Piano Trio
Meet our Finalists!
Senior Wind Division
- Mixed Media
- Sequoia Reed Quintet
- Sonarsix Sextet
Senior String Division
- Terra String Quartet
- Trio Ondata
- Pelia Quartet
Junior Wind Division
- Incendio Saxophone Trio
- Dali Quartet
- Plexus Quartet
Junior String Division
- Olive Trio
- Sycamore Trio
- Peresson String Quartet
Announcing our Semifinalists!
Senior Wind Division:
- Kodan Quintet (W4)
- Mixed Media (W5)
- Flora Quartet (W7)
- Sequoia Reed Quintet (W9)
- Sonarsix Sextet (W10)
- Conflux (W12)
Senior String Division:
- Terra String Quartet (S2)
- Ivalas Quartet (S5)
- Trio Ondata (S6)
- Onia Quartet (S7)
- Kodak Quartet (S11)
- Pelia String Quartet (S12)
Junior Divisions:
- Kesshō Quartet (JW2)
- Tango Quartet (JW3)
- Incendio Saxophone Trio (JW4)
- Dali Quartet (JW5)
- BingYi Saxophone Quartet (JW6)
- Plexus Quartet (JW9)
- Olive Trio (JS1)
- Dajj Quartet (JS3)
- Syacamore Trio (JS5)
- Peresson String Quartet (JS6)
- Sempre Piano Trio (JS8)
- NTH Trio (JS13)
- Stars Aligned Siblings (JS14)
- Aster Trio (JS15)
- Blue Ridge Piano Trio (JS16)
- Omaggio String Quartet (JS19)
Join us at the Lift Every Voice Soiree
Friday, May 20th, 7:00 pm at Indiana University South Bend. It’s free & open to the public! More details here.
New Prize Announced for the 49th Annual Fischoff Competition
We are delighted to announce a new senior division prize as part of 49th Annual Fischoff Competition – the Fischoff Lift Every Voice Prize, to be awarded for the best performance of a work by a historically underrepresented composer within the chamber music world. Read our full press release here. View full details about the prize on our Entering the Competition page, and in the Senior Division Rulebook. Entry Forms are due by March 2, 2022.
2021 Double Gold Tour Continues
Don’t miss Risus Quartet on tour starting October 1st. Risus Quartet will be performing throughout the Midwest. See a full listing of their tour schedule and click here for the official press release.
2021 Double Gold Tour Starts This Week!
Don’t miss Aero Quartet in performance starting September 16. Aero Quartet will be performing throughout the Midwest. See a full listing of their tour schedule and read the press release.
Congratulations to the Winners!
Bravo to all the prize winners of the 2021 Fischoff Competition!!
(Find more info about each ensemble on our Alumni Page)
Junior String Division:
Gold – Aveta Trio
Silver – Lumière Quartet
Bronze – Chasqui Quartet
Geoffroy Award – CMG Trio
Junior Wind Division:
Gold – Aurelian Quartet
Silver – Carmesi Quartet
Bronze – Quid Nunc Saxophone Quartet
American Brass Quintet Brass Ensemble Prize – Powerhouse Brass
Geoffroy Award – Penn Brass Quintet
Senior String Division:
Gold – Risus Quartet
Silver – The Galvin Cello Quartet
Bronze – Rucheri Trio
Bronze – Trio Rai
Senior Wind Division:
Gold – Aero Quartet
Silver – Eros Quartet
Bronze – Soma Quartet
American Brass Quintet Brass Ensemble Prize – KamBrass Quintet
Grand Prize:
Risus Quartet
Announcing the Prize Winners of the 2020 Fischoff Competition
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Fischoff Competition!
Senior String Division:
Gold Medal
Balourdet String Quartet – Rice University, Shepherd School of Music, Houston, Texas
Justin DeFilippis (violin), Angela Jiye Bae (violin), Benjamin Zannoni (viola), Russell Houston (cello)
Silver Medal
Trío Rouge – University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music, Austin, Texas
Nick Hammel (violin), Chan Song An (cello), Sohee Kwon, (piano)
Bronze Medal
Quantum Clarinet Trio – Paris, France
Elena Veronesi (clarinet), Johannes Przygodda (cello), Bokyung Kim (piano)
Senior Wind Division:
Gold Medal
Colere Quartet – The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
John Cummins (soprano saxophone), Elissa Kana (alto saxophone), Greg Rife (tenor saxophone), Dennis Kwok (baritone saxophone)
Silver Medal
helíos_ – Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Matt Fox (soprano saxophone), Tanner Bayles (alto saxophone), Gabe Robles (tenor saxophone), Bonson Lee (baritone saxophone)
Bronze Medal
Scio Quartet – Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York
Uday Singh (soprano saxophone), Siobhan Plouffe (alto saxophone), Clancy Ellis (tenor saxophone), Michael Matthews (baritone saxophone)
Junior String Division:
Gold Medal
Phillips Trio – Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Luke Henderson (violin), Evan Tsai (cello), Ariel Wang (piano)
Silver Medal
Dasani String Quartet – The Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois
Isabella Brown (volin), Katya Moeller (violin), Zechary Mo (viola), Brandon Cheng (cello)
Bronze Medal
Arcturus Trio – Young Chamber Musicians, San Francisco, California
Kevin Yang (piano), Ajay Mallya (violin), Catherine Choi (cello)
Junior Wind Division:
Gold Medal
Quantum Quartet – Hebron High School, Carrollton, Texas
Ekdev Rajkitkul (soprano saxophone), GianCarlo Lay (alto saxophone), Austin Dreyer (tenor saxophone), Peyton Joffre (bari and soprano saxophone)
Silver Medal
Traumerei – New York Youth Symphony, New York, New York
Christian Lee (Bb clarinet), Cadee Lee (Bb clarinet/Eb clarinet), Dongkon Lee (Bb clarinet), Seung Hee Rhew (Bb clarinet), Jacob Cho (bass clarinet)
Bronze Medal
The Purple Hippopotami Flute Quartet – Merit School of Music, Chicago, Illinois
Katherine Chen (flute), Natasha Kozintseva (flute), Emma Krause (flute), Nina Touboul (flute)
American Brass Quintet Brass Ensemble Prize:
Sponsored by the American Brass Quintet, this award honors the most outstanding brass ensemble in the Senior & Junior Wind Divisions
Elm Street Brass – Yale School of Music, New Haven, Connecticut
Melissa, Muñoz (trumpet), Kenny Chauby (trumpet), Olivia Martinez (horn), Lyman McBride (trombone), James Aidan Zimmermann (tuba)
The Bone Rangers – Merit School of Music, Chicago, Illinois
Owen Riordan (trombone), Jonah Blake (trombone), Christopher Tam (trombone), Rafael Noriega (bass trombone)
Kenneth Geoffroy Memorial Award
The Kenneth Geoffroy Memorial Prize is awarded to a local Junior Division ensemble to encourage the participation of local chamber music ensembles in the Michiana region (60 mile radius of South Bend).
Dunamis Quartet – Penn High School, Mishawaka, IN
Maya Kvaratskhelia (violin), Evan Li (violin), Joey Krachenfeis (viola), Darbie Kwon (cello)