Finals of the National Solo Competition

Congratulations to Deanna Talens, a senior division Cellist, who won the Grand Prize of the 2009 National Solo Competition. On top of her first place prize money, Deanna has earned the opportunity to perform with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in their upcoming season. Please stay tuned for more information about her ASO performance.

ASTA is proud to announce the first prize winners of the 2009 National Solo Competition held in Atlanta Georgia.

Junior Division

Viola

Matthew Lipman

University Park, Illinois

Cello

Matthew Allen

Tallahassee, Florida

Double Bass

Nate West

Columbus, Ohio

Harp

Katherine Siochi

Iowa City, Iowa

Guitar

Thales Smith

Austin, Texas

Senior Division

Violin

Anna Skalova

Ann Arbor, MI

Viola

Nathan Schram

Bloomington, Indiana

Cello

Deanna Talens

Evanston, Illinois

Double Bass

Alexander Willey

Pleasant Grove, Utah

Guitar

Sam Cogburn

Pueblo, Colorado

The next National Solo Competition will be held March16-19, 2011 in Kansas City, Kansas. The competition is open to ASTA student members or students of a current ASTA member with instrument categories of Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Harp and Guitar. For entry into the semi-final round, each state competition chair submits to the national chair applications, fees and recordings of contestants from his/her state who have been selected by either a live state competition or a recorded screening evaluation. You may find your state contact information on the state chapters portion of the website. (If you live in Canada please click here for your chair contact.) If your state chapter has no solo competition information listed, please contact your state president or the ASTA National Office for more information (libby@astaweb.com).

If you have any questions please contact:

National Office Contact: Libby Dietrich
libby@astaweb.com  
(703) 279-2113 x28

Important Notes:

**Semi-finalists will only be accepted through the state competition chair’s recommended list. Applications sent directly to the national office without state endorsement will automatically be disqualified. Also, if you are selected by the national committee to participate in the finals of the National Solo Competition at the national conference, you may not also participate in the Alternative Styles Awards program or be part of a participating National Orchestra Festival group. This participation restriction is due to overlapping schedules which will cause disruption to the overall experience for all participants.  

***It is the policy of ASTA National Solo Competition that judges NEVER take part in the adjudication of their own students in all the rounds of the competition- the state competitions, Semifinal and the Final Round. If judges' students are in the Competition, then they are required to abstain from judging that contestant.