The LSWO is pleased to announce the results of our LSWO Youth Winds 1st Annual Concerto Competition. LSWO Youth Winds members are eligible and approximately 20 high school musicians participated in the competition.
Congratulations go to Jack Stewart, clarinetist from Lake Highlands High School in Richardson, for taking the grand prize. Mr. Stewart won by unanimous vote of the judges. He will receive recognition on the LSWO website, recognition in the LSWO Youth Winds May playbill and a $500 scholarship. On May 8 at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, Jack Stewart will perform the third movement of Carl Maria von Weber’s “Clarinet Concerto No. 2”.
The LSWO Youth Winds would also like to extend congratulations to Courtney Klapp, flutist from Argyle High School, for taking second place. Courtney will receive a $250 scholarship.
The Concerto Competition is designed to promote a high level of artistic achievement by facilitating the young musician’s talent and work ethic through the preparation of an advanced level concerto. To be involved in this competition, the student musician must be an active member of the LSWO Youth Winds. Eligible literature must be 6-10 minute concerto/work/UIL Class 1 composition for solo/small ensemble and wind band, however, the composition must have an available accompaniment for wind band. The winner receives the opportunity to perform the solo with the LSWO Youth Winds on the May concert, acknowledgement in the May playbill as a guest artist, and acknowledgement on the LSWO website as winner of the competition.