Tri-County Concerts Association Annual Youth Festival

A very important part of Tri-County's program is its Annual Youth Festival, established in 1943. Tri-County Concerts Association organizes one of the area's most prestigious competitions for aspiring young musicians living in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Auditions are open to high-school and middle-school students in a wide variety of instruments, including piano, strings, winds, voice, and ensembles, as well as harp, classical guitar, and percussion.

The festival offers talented students an opportunity to audition before and receive critiques from professional judges. The winners receive scholarships for their musical training and the opportunity to perform before a discriminating audience at the Annual Youth Festival Concert.

68th Annual Tri-County Youth Festival Concert

Saturday, May 15, 2010, 7 p.m.

$10 general admission

Montgomery County Community College's Science Center Auditorium
Blue Bell, PA
Click here for directions

2010 Tri-County Concerts Youth Festival Winners

Click here for photos and short biographies of the 2010 winners

SENIOR ENSEMBLE
First Place                   The Easttown Duo: Austin Haley Berman, violin; Bradley Forrest Berman, cello
Second Place               Piano trio:  Mariana Cottier-Bucco, violin; Teresa McCann, piano; Jeffrey Han, cello
Honorable Mention       The Melrose Trio:  Jean Lin, piano; Lijia Xie, violin; Lynn Yip, cello

JUNIOR ENSEMBLE
First Place                  Violin-piano duo:  Helenmarie Vassiliou, violin; Dorsin Chang, piano
Second Place              Bello Suono String Quartet:
                                    Dawning Welliver, violin; Emily Ermer, violin;
                                    Erica Cianciulli, viola; Chan Wook Hwang, cello

VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Second Place             Charlotte Keating, soprano, and Elizabeth Duska, mezzo-soprano

SENIOR MUSICA DIVERSA
First Place                  Caitlin Mehrtens, harp

SENIOR PIANO
First Place                 Jennifer Campbell
Second Place             Dakyung (Daniel) Song         
Honorable Mention     Anna Lynn-Palevsky 
Honorable Mention     Stephen Gliatto
Honorable Mention     Jeremy Yodh

JUNIOR PIANO
First Place                 David Zhang
Second Place             Ethan Lee
Third Place                Stephen Li
Honorable Mention     Daniel Xu
Honorable Mention     Janet Wu

SENIOR STRINGS
First Place                 Samuel Walter, cello                                                  

JUNIOR STRINGS
First Place                 Bihn Park, cello                                              
Second Place             Daniel Kim, violin                  
Honorable Mention     Max Song, cello         

SENIOR VOICE
First Place                 Emilyn Badgley, soprano                               
Second Place             Aish Narayan, mezzo-soprano
Honorable Mention     Maggie Hadley, soprano
Honorable Mention     Paul Gallagher, bass                           

JUNIOR VOICE
Honorable Mention     Alexandra Dwyer

SENIOR WINDS
First Place                 Will Fossett, clarinet

JUNIOR WINDS
First Place                 June Han, flute
Honorable Mention     Vanessa Monet Walker, flute
Honorable Mention     Jonathan Choi, alto saxophone

2010 Youth Festival Dates

Saturday, January 30, 2010: Teachers' pre-registration forms due (postmarked). The pre-registration form must be filled out and signed by the student's teacher. Tri-County will send out an application form to each student pre-registered by his or her teacher. Auditions are limited to those students pre-registered by their teachers. Click on the link near the bottom of this web page to download a pre-registration form.

Friday, February 26, 2010: Students' application forms due (postmarked) for auditions for Senior Piano and Junior and Senior Strings, Voice, and Ensembles at Immaculata University (in Chester County, near Frazer, PA).

Wednesday, March 10: Application forms due (postmarked) for auditions for Junior Piano and Junior and Senior Winds and Musica Diversa instruments* at Immaculata University.

Saturday, March 27: Auditions for Junior and Senior Strings, Junior and Senior Voice, Junior and Senior Ensembles, and Senior Piano at Immaculata University (in Chester County, near Malvern, PA).

Saturday afternoon, April 10: Auditions for Junior Piano and Junior and Senior Winds, and Musica Diversa instruments* at Immaculata University.

Saturday, May 15, 7 p.m.: Winners' Recital at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, PA.

Click here to download the 2010 Tri-County Concerts Youth Festival Guidelines.

For further information, please contact the Youth Festival Directors at tricountyyouthfestival@gmail.com.

Bonnie Brebach and Eleanor James, Co-Directors, Tri-County Concerts Youth Festival

*Music Diversa is an extended category including the less frequent symphonic instruments of harp, classical guitar, and percussion.