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 20^th 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.