Fairbanks Symphony Concerto Competition: Results Announced
Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:48PM The 20th annual Concerto Competition was held on Jan 29-30 at Davis Concert Hall. The competition adjudicators were Mark Goodenberger and Denise Dillenbeck of Ellensburg, WA. There were a total of 31 competing musicians over 4 age categories. The winners of each category, listed below, will appear as featured soloists with the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
Category A (11 years old and younger)
Ari Endestad, age 10, of Fairbanks is homeschooled in the Raven Correspondence School program and studies violin with Dr. Gail Johansen. He is a member of the Fairbanks Youth Concert Orchestra. He performed the Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major by Friedrich Seitz.
Category B (12-15 years old)
Laila Brubaker, age 13, of Fairbanks is an eighth grade student at Barnett Magnet School and studies violin with Dr. Gail Johansen. She performed Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in D minor.
Category C (16-18 years old)
Kendra Frey, age 16, of Fairbanks is a junior at Lathrop High School and studies violin with Dr. Kathleen Butler-Hopkins. Kendra is the Concertmaster of the Fairbanks Youth Symphony and also performs with the Fairbanks Symphony and the Arctic Chamber Orchestra. She performed the Violin Concerto in D minor by Aram Khachaturian.
Category D (Full Time UAF Student)
Franz Felkl, age 19, from Juneau, AK, is currently a sophomore music major at UAF and studies violin with Dr. Kathleen Butler-Hopkins. Franz performs with the Fairbanks Symphony and the Arctic Chamber Orchestra. He performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major.
The 20th annual Fairbanks Symphony Concerto Competition was sponsored by a generous grant from Great Northwest, Inc. Hotel accommodation for our two adjudicators was generously provided by the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel.