Baylor Competition Winners to Perform at Carnegie Hall
Winners of the 2017 Semper Pro Musica Solo and Chamber Music Competition: Front row, left to right: Ricardo Gómez, Yera Kim, David Medina, Casey Klopp and Spencer Sosnowski. Back row, left to right: Molly Hines, William Danheim, Joshua Thaver, Zachary Barba, Sara Steele, Stephen Buley, Mitchell Brackett, Mollie McInnis and Patrick Lenz.
Five soloists, three chamber groups named as winners
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WACO, Texas (Feb. 14, 2017) – Fifteen soloists and four chamber groups participated in the finals of this year’s Semper Pro Musica Solo and Chamber Music Competition, which were held Sunday, Feb. 12, on the Baylor campus.
Five soloists and three chamber groups were named as winners and will travel to New York City May 24-27, during which time they will perform in Weill Recital Hall at renowned Carnegie Hall at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 25.
The two-round music competition began in late fall 2016. Judges for the Feb. 12 finals were Bradley Moore (Houston Grand Opera), John Owings (Texas Christian University) and Mary Ellen Poole (The University of Texas at Austin). Winners were announced during a brief ceremony that concluded a day of high-level music making from every competitor.
The five winners of the solo competition were: Ricardo Gómez (violin), Yera Kim (piano), Casey Klopp (mezzo-soprano), David Medina (percussion) and Spencer Sosnowski (saxophone).
The three chamber groups selected as winners were: a trio composed of Zachary Barba (tenor voice), Stephen Buley (horn) and Sara Steele (piano); the Morpheme Saxophone Quartet, with members Spencer Sosnowski (soprano sax), Patrick Lenz (alto sax), Mollie McInnis (tenor sax) and Mitchell Brackett (baritone sax); and the Ursino String Quartet, with members Ricardo Gómez and Molly Hines (violin), Joshua Thaver (viola) and William Danheim (cello).
Tickets for the May 25 student concert are available through the Carnegie Hall Box Office, beginning on March 1, or through the Baylor University School of Music by contacting Jillian Gusukuma at Jill_Gusukuma@baylor.edu.
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