Sunday, March 2, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

The awards presentation will follow on stage immediately after the Final Round jury’s deliberations.

CATEGORY I

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, op. 15

I. Allegro con brio

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1872)

Andrew Wood, piano
Timur Mustakimov, piano accompanist

CATEGORY I

Cello Concerto, op. 22

I. Allegro moderato

Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

William Gilley, cello
Yooni Gilley, piano accompanist

CATEGORY I

Brentano Lieder, op. 68

I. An die Nacht
II. Ich wollt ein Sträusslein binden
III. Säus'le, liebe Myrte!
IV. Als mir dein Lied erklang
V. Amor

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

Grace Ashby, soprano
Amy Bowman, piano accompanist

CATEGORY II

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, op. 83

I. Allegro non troppo
II. Allegro appassionato 
III. Andante
IV. Allegretto grazioso—Un poco più presto

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Timur Mustakimov, piano
Jean Lin, piano accompanist

- brief intermission-

CATEGORY II

Schelomo for Cello and Orchestra

Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)

Christian Hartman, cello
Marika Bournaki, piano accompanist

CATEGORY II

È strano...Ah, fors'è lui...Sempre Libera from La Traviata

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) 

Morna Chenchen Hu, soprano
Young Hye Min, piano accompanist

CATEGORY II

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467

I. Allegro maestoso
II. Andante in F major
III. Allegro vivace assai

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Sarah Morris, piano
Jean Lin, piano accompanist

CATEGORY II

Song to the Moon from Rusalka

Antonín Dvořák (1814–1904)

Cadence Weaver, soprano
James Newsome, piano accompanist

CATEGORY II

Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, op. 18

I. Moderato
II. Adagio sostenuto
III. Allegro scherzando

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Carlos Fernando Jr Medina Romero, piano
Timur Mustakimov, piano accompanist

VIOLIN

Alessandra Cuffaro

The Catholic University of America

CLARINET & CONDUCTOR

Philip Espe

“The President’s Own” United States Marine Band

SOPRANO

Sharon Christman

The Catholic University of America

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