Honors Competition Finalist Performances

Sunday, January 26, 2025

Cook Recital Hall

1:00 pm

Running time, approximately 4 hours, including two 10-minute intermissions
This event is free and open to the public.

student musician performing tenor saxophone on stage with orchestra in the background

With students representing brass, voice and strings, this event features 12 musicians performing a variety of repertoire in a single concert. Students are competing to perform with the MSU’s top ensembles. Winners will be announced after judge deliberations immediately after the concert.

Judges
The distinguished panel of judges includes Mary Bowden, International soloist, Shenandoah Music Conservatory; Daniel Beckwith, conductor with Metropolitan Opera, Stony Brook University Department of Music, Li-Kuo Chang, violist with Chicago Symphony, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Program and Artists

Pengyu Yang, baritone. “Largo al Factotum” from ”Il Barbiere di Siviglia” by Verdi

Runqi Weng, violin. Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 by Sibelius

Diya Dong, violin. Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, Op. 19 by Prokofiev

Seth Lambert, euphonium. Green Hill by Bert Appermont

Benjamin Merte, bass. Divertimento Concertante by Rota

Anderson Johnson, tuba. Concerto for Bass Tuba by Vaughan Williams

Ruoxi Bian, mezzo-soprano. Non, non, non…vous n’avez jamais from Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer

Xiaojie Ji, tenor. La donna è mobile by Verdi

Spencer Clark, trumpet. Slavische Fantasie by Hohne

Jon-Michael Taylor, trumpet. Concertino for Trumpet, Piano and String Orchestra by Andre Jolivet

Phoenix Miranda, soprano. My Darling Jim by Cipullo

Cheng-Lin Yu, cello. Rococo Variations Op.33 by Tchaikovsky