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