Concerto Competition Finals

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Time and Location

Fri, Jan 16, 2026 - 7:00pm PST

Performing Arts Center 155 - Concert Hall

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Please join us for one of the most exciting concerts of the entire WWU Music Department season: the final round of our annual Concerto Competition! From among the ten finalists, up to three will be chosen to perform as soloists with the Western Symphony Orchestra on Friday, May 1.

Program

Emmanuel Séjourné: Concerto for Marimba and Strings           

I. Avec force

  • Jacob Anderson, marimba
  • Rebecca Mañalac, piano

Lucas Richman: The Kisses of a Pearl  

I. Wishes

II. Knife Hunting

III. The Gift

IV. Madrigal

V. Vanishing Day

  • Keith Bateman, tenor
  • Rachel Roulet, piano

Quigang Chen: Er Huang for Piano and Orchestra         

  • Emilie Buhl, piano
  • Rebecca Mañalac, accompanist
  • Aaron Copland: Clarinet Concerto       
  • Sam Byrd, clarinet
  • Tuscan Harper, piano

Pablo de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20     

  • Joshua Tom, violin
  • Rebecca Mañalac, piano

Grazyna Bacewicz: Violin Concerto No. 1          

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Vivace

  • Elizabeth Binnington, violin
  • Rebecca Mañalac, piano

Carl Reinecke: Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D minor    

I. Allegro molto moderato

II. Lento e mesto

  • Margaret Chapel, flute
  • Emilie Buhl, piano

W. A. Mozart: Horn Concerto in No. 4 in E-flat Major, K. 495     

I. Allegro moderato

II. Romanza

III. Rondo

  • Isaac Orloff, horn
  • Rebecca Mañalac, piano

Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 7      

I. Allegro maestoso

  • Cordelia Lloyd, piano
  • Tina Shih, accompanist

Daniel Catán: Arias from Florencia en el Amazones     

I. Florencia Grimaldi

II. Es esta luz la muerte?

III. Escuchame

  • Mia Ward, soprano
  • Emily Perry, piano

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