Winners of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Youth Chamber Music Competition, sponsored by the Friends of the SPCO, were announced this week. The SPCM is thrilled to report that, of the seven winners, six were student ensembles of our Saint Paul Chamber Music Academy. The seven finalist groups were chosen by a jury of well-known, non-local chamber musicians through submitted videos. The competition is open to ensembles from Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota. Watch all the ensembles’ winning performances here.
The prize winners from the Saint Paul Chamber Music Academy are:
Senior Division (18 and under)
1st Place and Grand Prize: The Rivendell Piano Trio (Anastasia Lee, violin, Caelan Oxenham, cello, Clara Belle Wrolstad, piano)
3rd Place: Trio Luminoso (Emily Kleiber, violin, Andrea Wallick, cello, Joseph Caswell, piano)
Special Jury Award: Lubkowicz Quartet (Penelope Corbet, violin, Kana Aihara, violin, Corrie Bascom, viola, Caelan Oxenham, cello)
Junior Division (age 15 and under)
1st Place: Andromeda Quartet (Grace Wetzel, violin, Brooke Harms, violin, Eleanor Richards, viola, Dante Carlson, cello)
2nd Place (tie): Quartet Spiritoso (Vladimir Tsiper, violin, Blair Bartels, violin, Alexander Lenzmeier, viola, Marcus Chen, cello)
2nd Place (tie): Kanoma Piano Trio (Noelle Anderson, violin, Karina Anderson, cello, Madeleine Klevay, piano)
All SPCMA ensembles were coached by Academy Director Tom Rosenberg.