The final round of the 2025-26 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 2026. This event is in-person only.
2025-26 Senior Concerto Competition Jury:
Norman Fischer ’71 Professor of Cello and Director of Chamber Music at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston and Head of Chamber Music at the Tanglewood Music Center
Bonnie Whiting ’04 Chair of Percussion Studies and the Ruth Sutton Waters Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Music
Alexander Korsantia New England Conservatory Professor of Piano and Yale School of Music Visiting Professor in the Practice of Piano
Elizabeth Helgeson ’03 Director of Artistic Planning and Administration at the New York Philharmonic
Timothy Long Eastman School of Music Professor of Opera and Artistic and Music Director of Opera
Competition Schedule:
9:30 am Evan Hou, piano
9:47 am Stephen Coffey, clarinet
10:00 am Abby Simpson, violin
10:13 am Keyvar Smith-Herold, clarinet
10:30 am William Chen, piano
10:43 am BREAK
10:58 am Fuka Somatomo, piano
11:15 am Abe Frato, trombone
11:28 am Kotomi Inaba, cello
11:41 am Kassi Wilson, horn
11:54 am William Mathangani, viola
12:07 pm LUNCH BREAK
1:30 pm Amelia Friess, soprano
1:43 pm Emir Efe, violin
1:56 pm Saige Hoffman, soprano
