DAVIDSON & CHARLOTTE, NC – Classical Public Radio 89.9 WDAV today announced the finalists for the 2019 Young Chamber Musicians Competition (YCMC). WDAV is pleased to welcome four of the best young chamber ensembles in the U.S. to Davidson College next month for the competition finals on April 14, 2019.
YCMC, now in its sixth year, is widely recognized as one of the top post-graduate, collegiate, and high school chamber competitions in the U.S. The competition awards $12,000 in prizes, including an innovative $2,000 award by a public jury. YCMC also awards scholarships to the Brevard Music Institute, the Catherine & Wilton Connor Studio Recording Prize, and a performance opportunity in the Davidson College Concert Series.
Senior Division Finalists
Bora Quartet
The members of Bora Quartet hail from the Juilliard School in New York, New York. Under the tutelage of Roger Tapping, the Bora Quartet values the importance of leadership of younger generations in the classical music world, and strive to collaborate with other musicians to spread the genre to new audiences.
Ivalas Quartet
Founded at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance in 2016, the quartet was awarded first prize in the 2018 Briggs Chamber Music Competition, and was named a semifinalist group at both the M-Prize competition in Ann Arbor and Concert Artists Guild competition in New York City. Maintaining their commitment to community engagement, the Ivalas Quartet has also represented the Sphinx Organization playing for students in Flint and the Metro Detroit area.
Junior Division Finalists
Arcus Trio
Individual members are scholars in the Young Artists Program at Cleveland Institute of Music and perform regularly as soloists and with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Arcus Trio is coached by Si-Yan Darren Li and Carolyn Warner.
Dajj Quartet
Formed in 2015 at the Chamber Music Connection in Worthington, Ohio, Dajj’s accolades include 2019 OSTA First Prize, 2018 Saint Paul Gold Medal and Haydn Prize, 2018 Coltman Bronze Medal, 2018 OSTA Second Prize, 2018 M-Prize and Fischoff Semi-finalist, 2017 MYA Discover Grand Prize, 2017 Saint Paul Bronze Medal, 2017 OSTA Honorable Mention, and 2017 Coltman Finalist.
WDAV’s Young Chamber Musicians Competition finals will take place on Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 p.m. in the Duke Family Performance Hall on the Davidson College Campus. WDAV broadcasts the final round of the competition live on 89.9 FM and wdav.org. Video of the final round is streamed using Facebook Live from WDAV’s Facebook account. For more information and tickets, visit ycmc.wdav.org.
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