2024-25 Senior Concerto Competition

The final round of the 2024-25 Senior Concerto Competition will take place in Finney Chapel. Conservatory students in their final year of study who have advanced from a preliminary audition will compete in the finals to be chosen for a solo performance with the Oberlin Orchestra in the Spring of 2025. This event is in-person only.

2024-25 Senior Concerto Competition Jury:

Margaret Batjer Violin Faculty at the USC Thornton School of Music and the Colburn School

Robert McDonald Piano Faculty at The Juilliard School

Deanne Meek Visiting Associate Professor of Voice at the Jacobs School of Music

Eric Reed Horn Faculty at The Juilliard School, NYU Steinhardt, and the University of Conneticut

André Gremillet President and CEO of the Cleveland Orchestra 

Competition Schedule:

9:30 am          Athena Deng, piano

9:47 am          Evan Beachy, bass trombone

10:00 am        Miles Reed, cello

10:13 am        Benjamin Seah, violin

10:30 am        Yubo Deng, piano

10:43 am        BREAK

10:58 am        Cendan Dillon, timpani

11:15 am        Solomon Leonard, viola

11:28 am        Meera Bhatia, oboe

11:41 am        Nathaniel Abreu, cello

11:54 am        Gracie McFalls, viola

12:07 pm       LUNCH BREAK

1:30 pm         Travis Guillory, tenor

1:43 pm         Ian McEdwards, clarinet

1:56 pm         Tracy Waagner, mezzo-soprano

2:09 pm         John Czekanski, viola

2:26 pm         Fiona Wu, piano

2:39 pm         BREAK

2:54 pm         Elizabeth Johnson, harp

3:11 pm         Melody Prater, soprano

3:28 pm         Aizhen Du, piano

3:41 pm         Yu-Wei Lee, piano

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Pardon Our Dust - Visitor parking nearby Finney Chapel is limited due to construction on campus. Other nearby visitor parking is available in the lots:

• behind Mudd Learning Center (Terrell Main Library) north of W. College Street, accessible from W. College Street
• behind Bosworth Hall (Fairchild Chapel) north of W. Lorain Street, accessible from both W. Lorain Street and N. Main Street