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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2017 Fischoff Competition!

Winners of the 44th Annual Fischoff Competition have been announced!

 

Grand Prize & Senior String Division Gold Medal Winner

Milton String Quartet

Silver Medal

Notos Quartet

Bronze Medal 

Ivani Quartet

 

Senior Wind Division Gold Medal Winner

Fuego Quartet

Silver Medal

~Nois

Bronze Medal

Eos Sextet

 

Junior Division Gold Medal Winner

Quartet Bellezza

Silver Medal

Astera String Quartet

Bronze Medal

Aurielle Quartet

Honorable Mention

Geneva String Quartet

ABQ Wind Prize

KGT

Announcing the 2017 Fischoff Competition Finalists

Senior Wind Division

Eos Sextet

~Nois

Fuego Quartet

 

Senior String Division

Notos Quartet

Milton String Quartet

Ivani Quartet

 

Junior Division

Astera String Quartet

Aurielle Quartet

Quartet Bellezza

(Honorable Mention: Geneva String Quartet)

Announcing the 2017 Senior Division Semifinalists

Congrats to the Senior Division Semifinalists!

 

Senior Wind Division:

W3 Eos Sextet

W4 BETA Flute Quartet

W6 Stentorian Quartet

W9 ~Nois

W10 Resurgam Quartet

W11 Fuego Quartet

 

Senior String Division:

S1 Notos Quartet

S4 Los Angeles Ensemble

S6 Stellio Trio

S7 The Meadowlark Trio

S12 Ivani Quartet

Announcing the 2016 Fischoff Competition Winners

 
Out of 49 competing ensembles from across the nation and around the world, the Ulysses Quartet has won the coveted Grand Prize of the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition ($7,500) and the Gold Medal ($3,500) in the Senior String Division. WindSync captured the Gold Medal ($3,500.00) in the Senior Wind Division. In addition to prize money, both ensembles will participate in a Winner’s Tour of the Midwestern United States this fall, and the Ulysses Quartet will perform several concerts in the Emilia Romagna Festival in Italy in 2017. Ulysses Quartet members include Christina Bouey (violin), Rhiannon Banerdt (violin), Colin Brookes (viola), and Grace Mei-En Ho (cello) are from New York, New York. WindSync of Houston, Texas. Members include Garrett Hudson (flute), Emily Tsai (oboe & English horn), Jack Marquardt (clarinet), Tracy Jacobson (bassoon), and Anni Hochhalter (French horn).
 

In the Senior Wind Division, the Silver Medal ($3,000) was awarded to QuinTexas of Austin, Texas. Members include Charlotte Daniel (flute), Freddie Blood (oboe), Nicholas Councilor (clarinet), Laura McIntyre (bassoon), and Rose Valby (horn). The Senior Wind Division Bronze Medal ($2,000) was awarded to Lineage Percussion of Athens, Georgia. Members include Trevor Barroero (percussion), Lauren Floyd (percussion), and Wesley Sumpter (percussion).
 
The Senior String Division Silver Medal ($3,000) went to Trio Zadig, Resident at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Belgium, based in Paris, France. Members include Boris Borgolotto (violin), Marc Girard Garcia (cello), and Ian Barber (piano). The Senior String Division Barbara Shields Byrum Bronze Medal ($2,000) went to the Callisto Piano Trio of Pasadena Conservatory of Music/University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. Members include Geneva Lewis (violin), Annie Jacobs-Perkins (cello), and Katelyn Vahala (piano). 
 
 
In the Junior Division (for musicians eighteen and under), the Gold Medal ($2,300) was won by Quartet Diamant of Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, Highwood, Illinois. Members include Masha Lakisova (violin), Rebecca Moy (violin), Natalie Clarke (viola), Adam Lee (cello). The Silver Medal ($1,800) was won by Noctis Quartet of New York, New York. Members include Kevin Zhu (violin), Andrew Kim (violin), Jacob van der Sloot (viola), and Chase Park (cello). The Bronze Medal ($1,300) went to Vibrante String Quartet of The Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois. Members include Zachary Brandon (violin), Hannah White (violin), Freya Irani (viola), and Leevy Williams (cello). The Junior Division Wind Prize ($500) was won by KGT of Merit School of Music, Chicago, Illinois. Members include Maddy Deanne (flute), Amer Hasan (clarinet), and Quincey Trojanowski (bassoon). Sponsored by the American Brass Quintet, this award honors the most outstanding wind ensemble in the Junior Division.

Announcing the 2016 Junior Division Semifinalists

Congrats to the Junior Division semifinalists of the 2016 Fischoff Competition!

 

J1 Trio Iris

J6 Bellissimo Trio

J8 Liedergeld Quartet

J9 Quartet Degas

J11 Olive Trio

J14 Vibrante Quartet

J16 Noctis Quartet

J17 Quartet Diamant

J18 Calliope Trio

J19 Meraki Quartet

J24 KTG

J25 Archon Piano Quartet

Announcing BOTH the 2016 Senior Wind and Senior String Division Semifinalists

Congrats to the Senior Wind Semifinalists of the 2016 Fischoff Competition!

 

S1 – Olympus Piano Trio

S2 – Callisto Piano Trio

S3 – Ulysses Quartet

S5 – Trio Zadig

S6 – Milton String Quartet

S9 – Larchmere String Quartet

 

W2 – WindSync

W6 – Videnia Quintet

W7 – Lineage Percussion

W8 – The Resurgam Saxophone Quartet

W9 – Quin Texas

W12 – Novacane Quartet

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