Concerto Competition

Each spring CYSO holds a concerto competition among current active members of the orchestra. Winners receive a cash prize and are the featured soloists the following season with the adult Claremont Symphony Orchestra. The 2023 CYSO Concerto Competition took place on April 22, 2023. This year's winners are Phineus Choi (cello) and Jammie Park (cello). They will perform with the Claremont Symphony Orchestra during the 2023-2024 season.

Phineus Choi is a junior at Claremont High School. He will perform Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei, Op. 47.

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Jammie Park is a freshman at Claremont High School. She has been playing cello for six years. Before joining CYSO, Jammie was a member of PSE for four years. She will perform the first movement of Camille Saint-Saëns's Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33.

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Past Concerto Competition Winners

2022
No competition held, due to COVID-19

2021
No competition held, due to COVID-19

2020
No competition held, due to COVID-19

2019
Michael Chu, piano

2018
Alexis Cai, piano
Charlotte Tu, flute

2017
Jonathan Recomanta, clarinet

2016
Elisar Elgaouny, cello
Chloe Harsojo, piano
​Allen Lin, clarinet

2015
Anselm Knecht, cello
Jo Ann Sun, violin

2014
JJ Alvarez, trumpet
Talia Knecht, violin
Kyra Madunich, flute

2013
Gaeun Moon, violin
ShihZan Yao, cello

2012
Evangeline Tsai, cello
Shih-Jing Yao, violin

2011
Jahnavi Curlin, flute
Alicia Lee, violin