Support our efforts, sign up to a full membership!
(Start for free)
Register or login with just your e-mail address

National Winners Crowned At Prestigious Yamaha Young Performing Artists Celebration

Hot Songs Around The World

Water
Tyla
306 entries in 20 charts
Stick Season
Noah Kahan
313 entries in 19 charts
Houdini
Dua Lipa
285 entries in 26 charts
Strangers
Kenya Grace
442 entries in 24 charts
Lovin On Me
Jack Harlow
293 entries in 22 charts
Popular
Weeknd, Playboi Carti & Madonna
266 entries in 18 charts
Lose Control
Teddy Swims
316 entries in 25 charts
Beautiful Things
Benson Boone
159 entries in 24 charts
Si No Estas
Inigo Quintero
283 entries in 17 charts
Greedy
Tate McRae
621 entries in 28 charts
Unwritten
Natasha Bedingfield
291 entries in 22 charts
Anti-Hero
Taylor Swift
615 entries in 23 charts
Cruel Summer
Taylor Swift
572 entries in 20 charts
Snooze
SZA
223 entries in 13 charts
National Winners Crowned At Prestigious Yamaha Young Performing Artists Celebration
Nashville, TN (Top40 Charts/ Yamaha) Ten accomplished young musicians have been selected to participate in the 2011 Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program (YYPA). Violinist Natalie Yu took the top prize as Overall Winner.

Every year since 1989, when the competition began, Yamaha Corporation of America's Band & Orchestral Division has honored talented young artists under the auspices of the YYPA program, an annual competition for performers between the ages of 16 and 21. Instrument categories include winds, brass, strings, concert percussion, drum set and piano.

More than 100 applicants submit their credentials to Yamaha each year and undergo a rigorous taped audition process judged by a panel of national celebrity musicians. This year, the panel selected 10 winners and six honorable mention recipients. Since the program's inception, many past winners have received scholarships to prestigious universities and conservatories, or are playing professionally with major jazz groups and top symphony orchestras.

Winners receive an all-expense paid trip to the weekend awards ceremony, where they enjoy a weekend of rehearsals, master classes, social events, special awards concerts and workshops focusing on how to establish a career in music. They also participate in the prestigious concert and receive a recording and photos of their performance, along with the benefits of being selected as a Yamaha Young Performing Artist.

"Yamaha's commitment to education and to nurturing young musicians at every level of development is unwavering," said John Wittmann, Director, Artist Relations, Yamaha Artist Services Indianapolis, "To that end, YYPA has helped the next generation of professional musicians get their first taste of success on a national level."
For the first time, this year's YYPA celebration took place at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. Coinciding with the Music for All (MFA) Summer Symposium, the YYPA awards program served as the symposium's kick-off concert.

Former YYPA winners have gone on to enjoy successful music careers, with highlights that include playing with world-renowned musicians, winning international competitions and releasing recordings. Previous YYPA winners include Ricardo Morales (1990) Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic; Otis Murphy (1994) saxophonist and faculty at Indiana University School of Music; Jasmine Choi (2004) Associate Principal Flute with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Aaron Parks (2000) jazz pianist and Blue Note recording artist; Kenneth Tse (1994) saxophonist and faculty at the University of Iowa; and Kevin Bobo (1994) percussionist and faculty at Indiana University School of Music.

The 2011 winners include Jasper Dutz (jazz saxophone), Thomas English (bassoon), Jonathan Heim (trumpet), Lucas Hopkins (classical Saxophone), Grant Jameson (euphonium), Austin Larson (horn), Min Hee Kim (flute), Yesse Kim (piano), Kevin Schaffter, (clarinet) and Natalie Yu (violin).
For more information about the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Band & Orchestral Division, Attn: Jennifer Vierling, 39 West Jackson Place, Suite 150, Indianapolis, IN 46225; e-mail [email protected]; or visit usa.yamaha.com/music_education/yypa.






Most read news of the week


© 2001-2024
top40-charts.com (S4)
about | site map
contact | privacy
Page gen. in 0.5264931 secs // 4 () queries in 0.0045218467712402 secs


live