Mary West Solo Competition 2008

The Mary West Solo Competition is held annually in the fall for students of the violin, viola, cello, bass, harp and classical guitar. Participants must be MNSOTA members or students of MNSOTA members. Participants must live in Minnesota or study in Minnesota. Students in Elementary Division (age 11 and under ) and Intermediate Division (age 12 to 14) prepare one piece. Junior Division (age 15 to 18) and Senior Division (age 19 through 25) students prepare two pieces in contrasting styles by different composers. Determine student's age as of March 18, 2009, and students whose birthday is March 10 should compete in the younger of the two categories.

Important Dates
October 10 — Application Deadline
November 9 — Competition date
November 10 — Recording Submission Deadline for National Participants
November 16, 3:00 p.m. — Winners Recital at Lake Harriet United Methodist Church - map
April 26, 3:00 p.m. — Grand Prize Winner in performance with the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (visit their website for more details at www.bloomingtonsymphony.org)

Important Document(s)
Download the forms below for more information and to apply for the Mary West Solo Competition.

Document	Document	Document Type
Mary West Solo Competition Information & Application	8/11/2008

Questions? Contact Mary Sorlie, 651-644-0019, mesorlie@comcast.net

More About Mary West: Minnesota Public Radio also has a very good biography of Mary West's life and teaching at: minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/06/06/marywest/

2008 winners were:
Parker Tope
Givens Prize Winner, Elementary Division
cello student of Tom Rosenberg
Tarantella by Squire
 
Loi Vo
violin student of Sally O’Reilly
Concerto No. 9 by DeBeriot
 
John Belk
cello student of Kirsten Whitson
Concerto in E Flat by Shostakovich
 
Sedra Bistadeau
Givens Prize Winner, Intermediate Division
violin student of Lucinda Marvin
Concerto for Violin by Khachaturian
 
Rebecca Savelsberg
cello student of Tanya Remenikova
Cello Suite by Bach
 
Michael Nelson
violin student of Beth Wolfe and Roger Frisch
Concerto in G Minor by Bruch.
 
Derek Huang
Givens Prize Winner, Junior Division
violin student of Sally O’Reilly
Etude in Thirds by Scriabin.
 
Michael Wu
Coda Bow Winner
cello student of Peter Howard
Cello Suite by Bach
 
Joshua Rohde
cello student of Tany Remenikova
Variations on One String by Paganini
 
Zhou Long
Grand Prize Winner
cello student of Tanya Remenikova
Concerto in C Major by Haydn