Saturday, February 12, 2011, in the Center for Arts at the University of New Mexico, nine candidates

performed in the 2011

Jackie McGehee Young Artists' Concerto Competition - five pianists and four strings. All the young musicians delivered outstanding performances. 

Jackie McGehee Young Artists'

In 1992, the New Mexico Symphony Guild established an annual competition for young musicians in New Mexico. The competition now carries the name of Jackie McGehee, a long-time NMSG member and past president, who spear-headed the event and underwrote the program to get it started. It is considered one of the premier competitions in the state. This competition provides monetary awards for the winners, as well as an opportunity to perform with a professional orchestra.

In 2009, the Guild achieved a long-term goal of expanding the competition to include string instruments. The event is now called the Jackie McGehee Young Artists' Concerto Competition for Piano and Strings.

The competition is open to New Mexico high school students in grades 9 - 12. An application for the competition is available from music teachers throughout New Mexico. The 2011-2012 application will be available on the website by Summer, 2011.

The first place winner in each division will receive a cash award plus an opportunity to perform with a professional orchestra. Second and third place winners also receive cash awards.

First place Piano Award went to Joshua Rupley, a home-schooled senior from Albuquerque. Joshua played Totentanz in D minor, op. S.126 by Franz Liszt.  First place String Award went to Laura Steiner, who played Walton's Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in A minor, I. Andante comodo. Laura is also an Albuquerque home-schooled senior. Both Joshua and Laura play with the Albuquerque Youth Symphony www.aysmusic.org. 

Both musicians received a cash award of $750 and a performance opportunity with the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra at the May 8, 2011, Mother's Day concert at the Rio Grande Zoo. The concert is free to the public with admission to the zoo.

Thank you to the New Mexico Symphony Guild volunteers, our

 sponsors, and donors who made this competition possible

Crescendo ($1,000 and above)

C. Everett and Jackie McGehee

Barbara and Bernhard Holzapfel

ExxonMobil Foundation

Vivace ($500 - $999)

Wayne and Sue Brown

Curb Communities

Charles and Sara Jane Scott

Allegro ($250 - $499)

Karen Anderson

Alyce and Cal Cummins

Jackie and Larry Guaderrama

Sam and Fred Sherman

Forte ($100 - $249)

Karen Bovinette

Bill and Paula Bradley

Norma M. Dallal

Teresa and Jim Edens

Allene Kleweno

Ann DeHart and Robert Milne

Carol and Ron Horner

Henry and Judith Lackner

Gale and Denver Rawlings

Mary Sue Warner

Friend (up to $99)

Anne E. Schiffer

In-Kind Donation

Saturday�s Child Photography Studio - Phyllis Crossley

Frontier Restaurant - Dorothy and Larry Rainosek