The Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra will sponsor a piano competition in November, it was announced today by Youth Orchestra Manager, Mrs. Edith Hougland. The winner of the competition will perform as soloist in the Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra concert, conducted by Gerhardt Zimmermann, on March 4, 1977, at 8:30 p.m.
The competition is open to pianists who reside or study within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis and who have not passed their 21st birthday before November 1, 1976, Concertos may be chosen from the following: All Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Liszt, Grieg, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, McDowell, Schumann, and Franck Symphonic Variations. Concertos other than these must be approved by the conductor through Mrs. Hougland. Each applicant will be expected to perform a complete concerto in his/her audition.
Auditions will be held Saturday, November 27, at an appointed afternoon time at Powell Symphony Hall, 718 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. Deadline for applications is November 15, 1976. To receive an application form, send a selfaddressed stamped envelope to Mrs. Edith Hougland, 7150 Wise Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 63117. For further information, call (314) 644-1696.
Originally published in The Paper, October 1976.
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