2024 O’Malley Foundation National Concerto Competition Results

 
 

The Music @ the Fort: The O’Malley Foundation Category Winners Recital will take place at the MYAC Center on Sunday, January 19, 2025

The MYAC Spring Orchestra Concerts are on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at Northwestern’s Pick-Staiger Hall, and will feature the MYAC Junior Division, MYAC Senior Division, and Overall Open Division winners performing their pieces alongside MYAC’s orchestral ensembles!

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MYAC JUNIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION

  • OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Yan-Ching Lam, piano, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26, Mvt. III

  • Strings Winner: Josiah Chen, violin

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Olivia Fazio, violin

      • Todd Zhang, cello

  • Piano Winner: Cindy Zhang, cello

    • Honorable Mentions: Elliot Jung

  • Early Music Winner: Cindy Zhang, cello

    • Early Music Honorable Mentions: Julia Castro, violin

MYAC SENIOR ORCHESTRA DIVISION

  • OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Callia Murray, viola, Garrop Krakatoa, Mvt. II

  • Strings Winner: Callia Murray, viola

    • 1st Reserve: Cecilia O’Malley, violin

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Kweku Adusei-Poku, viola

      • Alison Chung, violin

      • Momo Fredrickson, violin

      • Landon Kim, violin

      • Rebekah Kim, violin

      • Christopher Mertz, bass

      • Callia Murray (Bartok), viola

      • Santiago Robles-Berthier, cello

      • Elizabeth Romanyuk, violin

      • Bryce Williams, cello

  • Piano Winner: Jonah Burton

  • Voice Winner: Faith John

  • Other Instrument Winner: Julian Kolthammer, horn

    • Other Instrument Honorable Mention: Max Walaszek, bassoon

  • Early Music Winner: Christine Chah, violin

    • Early Music Honorable Mention: Francesca Gaus Ehning, oboe

OVERALL OPEN DIVISION GRAND WINNER: 

  • Colette Wiering, Beethoven Violin Concerto, Mvt. I

*The Overall Open Division Grand Winner is decided between the Open Junior and Open Senior Division winners.

OPEN JUNIOR DIVISION

  • OVERALL JUNIOR WINNER: Colette Wiering, violin, Beethoven Violin Concerto, Mvt. I

  • Strings Winner: Colette Wiering, violin

    • Strings Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically by last name):

      • Cameron Renshaw, cello

      • Ella Wimbiscus, cello

  • Piano Winner: Jeremy Liu

    • Piano Honorable Mention:

      • Adrian Gonzalez

  • Voice Category Winner: Joellen Wang

  • Other Instrument Winner: Oshmith Roy, flute

  • Early Music Winner: Lillian Han, piano

OPEN SENIOR DIVISION

  • OVERALL SENIOR WINNER: Joseph Gallwas, piano, Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26, Mvt. I.

  • Strings Winner: Emily Chen, violin (Tchaikovsky)

    • Strings Honorable Mentions: Leo Zupko, violin (Sibelius)

  • Piano Winner: Joseph Gallwas

    • Piano Honorable Mention: Noah Kim

  • Voice Winner: Daniel Guo

  • Other Instrument Winner: Christopher Chung, clarinet

  • Early Music Winner: Aiden Yu, violin