SUNY Orange Orchestra seeking Concerto/Aria contest entries

MIDDLETOWN — The SUNY Orange Community Orchestra is conducting its 11th annual Concerto/Aria Competition and once again is offering talented young local musicians the opportunity to perform as soloists for the orchestra’s Feb. 23 concert at Middletown’s historic Paramount Theatre.
SUNY Orange students, as well as Orange County high school students, are invited to enter the contest, designed to provide a featured musical performance opportunity for outstanding young instrumentalists and vocalists from within Orange County.
A panel of music faculty from SUNY Orange, as well as professional musicians from the Hudson Valley, will judge auditions for the instrumentalists and vocalists in the College’s Orange Hall Theatre from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013.
Essential information
The application deadline is Dec. 7.
Interested musicians may acquire applications and information from their high school band, orchestra or chorus teacher, by contacting the College’s Arts and Communication Department at 845-341-4787, or via email from Dr. Hilarie Clark Moore, SUNY Orange Community Orchestra conductor (hilarie.moore@sunyorange.edu).

Instrumentalists may perform a single movement from a concerto or multiple movements.
Vocalists may prepare an aria or multiple arias.
The length of the performance piece should be approximately 10-20 minutes.
Music composed by the 1850s will be accepted as long as it has a published and available orchestral accompaniment.
Literature composed after the 1850s will also be considered, but needs prior approval by Moore.
All applicants must be accompanied by a piano accompanist.

Past winners

2012
Eric Bjorkman (Monroe-Woodbury High School), cello
Michael Kolb (Newburgh Free Academy), vocalist
2011
Ashley Heilweil (SUNY Orange, Goshen High School), vocalist
Audrey Zybura (Washingtonville High School), flutist
2010
Kaitlyn Mesic (Goshen), violin
Erica Moore (Warwick Valley High School), French horn
2009
Stephen Gorgone (Monroe-Woodbury), viola
Justin Randolph (SUNY Orange, Middletown High School), vocalist
2008
James Rose (Warwick Valley), trumpet
2007
Rachel Conklin (home schooled, Washingtonville), violin
2006
Clare Herceg (Warwick Valley), flute
Emily Moore (Warwick Valley), viola
2005
Lucie Jaronowski (Monroe-Woodbury), violin
Tim Takagi (Middletown), French horn
2004
George Courtsunis (NFA), piano
Radhika Shah (Warwick Valley), violin
2003
Sarah Tusch (Monroe-Woodbury), violin
Valentina Ponochovnaya (SUNY Orange, Monroe-Woodbury), piano