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2023 Annual Youth Festival

A very important part of Tri-County Concerts' program is its Annual Youth Festival, established in 1943. This is 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 a musica diversa category that includes harp, classical guitar, and percussion.

The Youth Festival offers talented students an opportunity to audition before and receive critiques from professional judges. Each year those students deemed outstanding by the judges are given monetary awards; their photos and accomplishments are featured on the Tri-County web site; and they perform at a live winners' recital.

Our 80th Annual Youth Festival Winners' Recital was held on June 3, 2023, at 7:00 PM at Swope Music Building, West Chester University in West Chester, PA 19383. Check back here soon to watch a video of the recital.


80th ANNUAL YOUTH FESTIVAL - 2023 Winners' Recital






Current & Past Winners, Photos, and Short Biographies

2023 Winners

2022 Winners

2021 Winners

2019 Winners

2018 Winners

2017 Winners

2016 Winners

2015 Winners

2014 Winners

2013 Winners

2012 Winners

2011 Winners

2010 Winners

2009 Winners

2008 Winners

2007 Winners

2006 Winners

2005 Winners

2004 Winners

Distinguished Past Winners

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

Wendy Schmid and Eleanor James, Co-Directors, Tri-County Concerts Youth Festival

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