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Orchestra Concerto Competition Finals

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Orchestra Concerto Competition Finals

Arts for All | College of Arts and Humanities | School of Music | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Monday, November 24, 2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dekelboum Concert Hall, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

About the Event

UMD School of Music students vie for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the UMD Symphony Orchestra in the final round of this annual competition. Finalists perform 15- to 20-minute excerpts of a concerto or concert piece for an independent jury panel. Following the jury’s deliberation, a winner and runners-up will be announced.

Orchestra Concerto Competition Finalists

Alexander Dudkin, clarinet, performing Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto
Daniel Lopez, flute, perfroming Lowell Liebermann's Concerto for flute, Op. 39
Elizabeth Stovall Gazda, voice, performing Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Guzal Isametdinova, piano, performing Alfred Schnittke's Concerto for Piano and Strings
Henrique Carvalho, voice, performing Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen
Henry Horst, piano, performing Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
Jessica Zhu , violin, performing Franz Waxman's Carmen Fantasie
Tracy Waagner, voice, performing Jake Heggie's Camille Claudel: Into the Fire
Xach Lee-Llacer, viola, performing Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher

Add to Calendar 11/24/25 18:00:00 11/24/25 21:00:00 America/New_York Orchestra Concerto Competition Finals

About the Event

UMD School of Music students vie for the opportunity to perform as a soloist with the UMD Symphony Orchestra in the final round of this annual competition. Finalists perform 15- to 20-minute excerpts of a concerto or concert piece for an independent jury panel. Following the jury’s deliberation, a winner and runners-up will be announced.

Orchestra Concerto Competition Finalists

Alexander Dudkin, clarinet, performing Carl Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto
Daniel Lopez, flute, perfroming Lowell Liebermann's Concerto for flute, Op. 39
Elizabeth Stovall Gazda, voice, performing Samuel Barber's Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Guzal Isametdinova, piano, performing Alfred Schnittke's Concerto for Piano and Strings
Henrique Carvalho, voice, performing Gustav Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden gesellen
Henry Horst, piano, performing Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 1 in F-Sharp Minor
Jessica Zhu , violin, performing Franz Waxman's Carmen Fantasie
Tracy Waagner, voice, performing Jake Heggie's Camille Claudel: Into the Fire
Xach Lee-Llacer, viola, performing Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher

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Free, no tickets required.