MIDWEST DOUBLE REED SOCIETY

Twenty-First Annual

Young Artist Competition

For High School and Undergraduate

Oboe and Bassoon Students in

Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma

Celeste Johnson, Assistant Professor of Oboe

Oklahoma State University

MDRS officers with Young Artist Competition Judges and Participants:

Celeste Johnson, Cassie Hatch, Corey Hutchins, Evelyn Garren, Jennifer Tracy, Patrick Quinn, Caitlyn Bryson, Kelsey Nowak, Travis Chilton, John Ford, Ryan Fessinger, Taylor Smith,

Sarah Evans, Eric Stomberg, Shawn Seguin

The annual MDRS Young Artist Competition was held on April 19, 2008 at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.  The event drew students from the University of Oklahoma, the University of Arkansas, the University of Kansas, Oklahoma State University and Stillwater High School.  Adjudicators Sarah Evans and John Ford, oboists from Tulsa, were impressed with the high level of the performances and deliberated at length to choose the winners in each division.

Following the competition and awards presentation, all of the winners performed as featured soloists on the OSU Oboe Studio recital in Willard Hall on the Oklahoma State University campus. Special thanks to sponsors Carlos Coehlo Woodwinds, Eble Music, Mark Chudnow Woodwinds, Midwest Musical Imports, Miller Marketing, TrevCo Music, and Weber Reeds for their generous donations, which fund the prizes.

Congratulations to our winners listed below!

	Left: University division first place winners Evelyn Garren and Ryan Fessinger after the recital in Willard Hall.   Below: Winners of the 2008 MDRS Young Artist Competition.  From Left to Right: Cassie Hatch, Corey Hutchins, Evelyn Garren, Patrick Quinn, Kelsey Nowak, Shawn Seguin, Ryan Fessinger.

2008 Prize Winners:

Kelsey Nowak, Stillwater, OK, First Place

Evelyn Garren, Oklahoma State University, First Place

Cassie Hatch, Oklahoma State University, Second Place

Corey Hutchins, University of Oklahoma, Honorable Mention

Ryan Fessinger, University of Kansas, First Place

Shawn Seguin, University of Oklahoma, Second Place

Patrick Quinn, Oklahoma State University, Honorable Mention. 

This competition is made possible by the generous contributions of

Carlos Coelho Woodwinds

Eble Music

Mark Chudnow Woodwinds

Midwest Musical Imports

Miller Marketing

TrevCo Music

Weber Reeds

The Twenty-Second Annual MDRS Young Artist Competition will be held April 18, 2009 at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Please look for updated information on competition entry in February 2009. Our thanks go to Marita Abner and Barbara Bishop for graciously agreeing to host the competition at UMKC.

ELIGIBILITY & REQUIREMENTS

• High school entrants must be enrolled in grades 9 through 12.

• Undergraduate university level entrants must not have reached their twenty-fifth birthday before the date of the competition.

• Entrants must reside in the six-state area detailed above.

• High School entrants will perform one movement from a sonata or concerto with piano.

• Undergraduate entrants will perform three contrasting movements from sonatas or concertos not exceeding 15 minutes total duration.  One of these works may be an unaccompanied solo work.

• An accompanist is required for all contestants.  If you cannot bring your own accompanist, one can be provided.

• Memorization is not required.

AWARS IN 2007

Past Winners

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