Solo Competition

Each year, we proudly provide an opportunity for young musicians to compete to perform a solo work with orchestra and earn a $500 prize. The competition is open to high-school wind and string players and vocalists. 

The winner of our 2024-25 contest, Jan Vargas Nedvetsky, will perform with us on June 22, 2025, at Wentz Hall in Naperville.  He will play the first movement of Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto No. 2. He is a high school senior, enrolled in the North Atlantic Regional High School independent study program. A resident of Wilmette, Jan started playing the cello at age 5 and will continue his cello studies this fall at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. He is also a co-founder of the Musicians for Hope organization, which raises funds to support music programs in Chicago-area public schools.

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