Fischoff Chamber Music Competition Announces 2023 Quarterfinalists

The 50th season will be held from May 12–14, 2023, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana

 

Founded in 1973 by Joseph Fischoff and members of the South Bend Chamber Music Society, the national Fischoff Chamber Music Competition has since seen over 7,800 musicians compete, representing many states and nationalities.

As this year's official media streaming partner, The Violin Channel will be streaming all rounds of the competition from May 12-14.

In both the strings and winds categories, the Junior Division is open to those 18 and under, while the Senior Division is open to those 35 or under.

In each Senior Division category, first prize is at $5,000, second prize at $4,000, and third prize is $3,000. Senior Division Gold Medalists will be additionally awarded the Grand Prize of $15,000, or the Double Gold Tour Prize worth $5,000.

The Grand Prize Winner will have the chance to perform all concerts on the tour, including a trip to Italy in Summer 2024 for concerts at the Emilia Romagna Festival. In the Junior Strings Division, first prize will be $2,500, second prize at $2,000, and third prize at $1,500. 

The 2023 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition participants are as follows:

Junior String Division

• Calcifer String Quartet, Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL
• Happy Feat Trio, The Juilliard School Pre-college Division, New York, NY
• Saphir Quartet, Barratt Due Institute of Music, Oslo, Norway
• Keller Quartet, New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School, Boston, MA
• Evie Quartet, Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute of the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA
• FaMa Quartet, Colchester, VT
• Aurum Quartet, Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, Highwood, IL
• Senti Piano Trio, New Music School, Chicago, IL
• Emerald Trio, North Carolina Chamber Music Institute, Raleigh, NC
• Pelios String Quartet, The Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL
• The Griscerda String Quartet, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
• Luminos Piano Trio, Academy of the Music Institute of Chicago, Lake Forest, IL
• Dahlia String Quartet, Colburn Music Academy, Los Angeles, CA
• Pika Trio, Seattle Chamber Music Society Academy, Seattle, WA
• Passera Quartet, MYCO, Chapel Hill, NC
• Meraki Trio, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
• Thurnauer Quartet, Thurnauer School of Music at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ
• La Vida String Quartet, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras, North Bethesda, MD
• Nth Trio, Ed and Mari Edelman Chamber Music Institute of the Colburn Community School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA
• Gloria String Quartet, Gifted Music School Conservatory, Salt Lake City, UT

 

Senior String Division

• Vinola Trio, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN
• Trio Osceola, Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
• Katarina String Quartet, McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, Montréal, Canada
• Turquoise Quartet, Robert McDuffie Center for Strings, Mercer University, Macon, GA
• Ivalas Quartet, The Juilliard School, New York, NY
• Amnis Piano Quartet, Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT
• Stelios Quartet, McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, Montréal, Canada
• Estella Quartet, Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH
• Alpenglow Piano Trio, The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Canada
• Hesper Quartet, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
• Poiesis Quartet, Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin, OH
• Quartet Luminera, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA

 

Junior Wind Division

• Eastlake Trombone Quartet, Eastlake High School, El Paso, TX
• Quid Nunc Saxophone Quartet, Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio, TX
• LT Brass 5, Lake Travis High School, Austin, Texas
• Incendio Saxophone Trio, Victor J. Andrew High School and Carl Sandburg High School, Tinley Park, IL
• Lago del Este Saxophone Quartet, Eastlake High School, El Paso, TX
• Rosso Corsa Winds, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX
• Encore Flute Quartet, Encore Music Academy, Crystal Lake, IL
• dc2, Chamber Music Connection, Inc., Worthington, OH
• Polaris Quartet, Grand Oaks High School, Spring, TX
• Hervor Brass Quintet, Merit School of Music, Chicago, IL
• The Purple Hippopotami, Merit School of Music, Chicago, IL
• Halcyon Saxophone Quartet, Andy Dekaney High School, Houston, TX
• The Bone Rangers, Merit School of Music, Chicago, IL
• Tango Quartet, Grand Oaks High School, Spring, TX

 

Senior Wind Division

• Amity Winds, The Juilliard School, New York, NY
• Corvus Quartet, University of Missouri – Kansas City Conservatory, Kansas City, MO
• Cerus Quartet, University of Michigan – School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Ann Arbor, MI
• Soma Quartet, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington, IN
• IGNIS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• Amo Brass, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• Kodachrome, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• PULSE, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
• Quartet Moraga, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
• Meraki Saxophone Quartet, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
• Arcane Reed Quintet, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Chiral Quartet, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, Ann Arbor, MI

 

Additionally, this year will mark the second edition in the Senior division of the competition’s “Lift Every Voice Prize.” With an award of $1,500, the prize was created to amplify and celebrate outstanding works by historically underrepresented artists in chamber music. The jurors for this category are Lisa Kaplan, Karla Donehew Perez, and Gabriel Campos Zamora.

The jury for the Senior String category comprises Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, Anne Epperson, Honggang Li, and Keith Robinson, while the Junior String category jury includes Rieko Aizawa, Michael Cameron, and Rebecca Henry.

The jurors for the Wind divisions are Susan Cook, Richard Killmer, Carrie Koffman, William Purvis, John Rojak, Jeff Scott, Tasha Warren.