Results of the Young Artists Competition
Grand Prize Winner, Concert tour in Norway, July 2009
Alan Dunbar (USA), William Averill, piano
Associate Instructor of Voice, Indiana University
Indiana University, D. M. Voice expected 2010
Indiana University, M. M. Voice 2006
St. Olaf College, B. A. Music Theory & Composition 1999
1st place, piano, $1,000
Ilya Poletaev (Canada)
Lecturer in Early Music, Yale Department of Music
Yale University, D. M. A. expected 2009
Yale University, M. M. A. 2004
Yale University, M. M. 2003
Yale University, B. Mus.
University of Toronto, B. M. 2001
2nd place, piano, $500
Gregory Martin (USA)
Indiana University, D. M. in progress
Indiana University, M. M. 2001
University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, B.M. 1999
3rd place, piano, $250
Ming Hsiu Yen (Taiwan)
University of Michigan/ D. M. A. Composition, expected 2010
University of Michigan, M. M. Composition and Piano 2005
University of Rochester- Eastman School of Music, B. M. Composition
and Piano 2003
1st place, voice, $1,000
Alan Dunbar (USA), William Averill, piano
Associate Instructor of Voice, Indiana University
Indiana University, D. M. Voice expected 2010
Indiana University, M. M. Voice 2006
St. Olaf College, B. A. Music Theory & Composition 1999
2nd place, voice, $500
Christina English (USA), William Averill, piano
New England Conservatory, M. M. 2007
Loyola Marymount University, B. A. 2005
1st place, violin, $1,000
Sooji Oh, violin (USA)
Founder, Sooji Oh's Studio
The Juilliard School, M. M. 2003
The Juilliard School, B. M. 2000
Heejin Shin, piano (Korea)
Manhattan School of Music, M. M. Accompanying, in progress
The Juilliard School, M. M. 2004
The Juilliard School, B. M. 2002
Participating Semi-finalists:
PIANO
Emily Esposito (USA)
Sunyoung Ju (Korea)
Graciella Kowlaczyk (Poland)
Seunghee Lee (Korea)
Gregory Martin (USA)
Ilya Poletaev (Canada)
Øyvind Sundsvalen (Norway)
Ming Hsiu Yen (Taiwan)
VOICE (William Averill, piano)
Emily Balestrini (USA)
Alan Dunbar (USA)
Christina English (USA)
Laura Loge (USA)
VIOLIN-PIANO
Jujin Chung, violin (USA), Timothy Burns, piano (USA)
Ji Hyun Kim, violin (Australia), Hui-Lin Chen, piano (Taiwan)
Sooji Oh, violin (USA), Heejin Shin, piano (Korea)
Marta Prugar, violin (Poland), Gregory Martin, piano (USA)
Festival pianist for Young Artist Competition:
WILLIAM AVERILL is truly a "collaborative keyboardist", at home not only at the piano, but equally at the harpsichord, fortepiano, and organ. Mr. Averill spent four years honing and refining his skills at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where he completed a MM in Vocal Accompanying, studying with Kenneth Griffiths and Donna Loewy, and an Artist Diploma in Opera Coaching. He began his studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, where he completed bachelor degrees in piano, flute, and music education. He has recently completed a doctoral degree at the Early Music Institute of Indiana University, Bloomington, majoring in harpsichord and fortepiano with Elisabeth Wright.
Mr. Averill has established himself as an opera coach, working for festivals such as the Opera Theatre of Lucca, Italy, Wolf Trap Opera Company, Utah Festival Opera and San Diego Opera. As the culmination of the Artist Diploma at CCM, Mr. Averill conducted the United States premiere of Vivaldi's first opera, Ottone in villa. He also returned to CCM in 2005 to conduct their production of Händel's Ariodante. Mr. Averill has also established himself as a forerunner in the field of early music, and has performed throughout the US, Europe, Asia, and Scandinavia as a harpsichordist, fortepianist and organist.
Mr. Averill has taught at the Indiana University School of Music, where he had the opportunity to work closely with Metropolitan Opera soprano, Martina Arroyo. He has worked with numerous renowned conductors and directors such as John Copley, Tito Capobianco, and Colin Graham. Mr. Averill has played in master classes for Marilyn Horne, Rudolph Piernay, Benita Valente, Harmut Höll, John Wustman, and in the Baroque repertoire for Emma Kirkby, Nicholas McGegan, and Julianne Baird. At Ohio University his teaching responsibilities include English, Italian, and German Lyric Diction, German Song Literature, as well as vocal coaching for the opera program and for undergraduate and graduate vocal performance majors.
Repertoire Requirements
Piano
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
Ballade, Op. 24
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
Ballade, Op. 24
Any 2 works from Op. 66, Op. 72, or Op. 73
Both works do not need to be from the same opus
Voice
Voice contestants may choose to sing in English or Norwegian. Contestants singing in English must use the translations in C. F. Peters' Edvard Grieg: Complete Works vols. 14 and 15 (published in 1990 and 1991 respectively). These two volumes have also been published separately in a paperbound edition. The quality of the performance, sung in either language, will determine the awards.
Female: Grieg songs may be sung in English or Norwegian.
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
Haugtussa, Op. 67
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
Haugtussa, Op. 67
Any 3 songs from Op. 33 or Op. 39
Male: Grieg songs may be sung in English or Norwegian.
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
The Mountain Thrall, Op. 32 + Ibsen Songs, Op. 25 + Paulsen Songs,
Op. 58, Nos. 3 and 4
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
The Mountain Thrall, Op. 32, + Ibsen Songs, Op. 25 + Paulsen Songs,
Op. 58, Nos. 3 and 4
Any 3 songs from Op. 33 or Op. 39
Violin
Preliminary round (CD or DVD)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 13
Semi-final round (must be performed by memory)
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Major, Op. 13
Sonata in F Major, Op. 8, or Sonata in C Minor, Op. 45
Final Round
Each finalist will perform a 15-minute program of works selected by the judges from the semi-finalist round.
