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ROBERT STANGER YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERTO AUDITIONS
 
The Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst and the Elmhurst Symphony present the Robert Stanger Young Artist Concerto Audition each winter to provide a forum for outstanding area high school instrumentalists to compete for the opportunity to perform a concerto movement with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. These awards are in memory of Dr. Robert Stanger, a Kiwanian and President of the Board of Directors of the Elmhurst Symphony from 1968-1972.
 
The auditions are sponsored in part by the Elmhurst Kiwanis Club and the Auxiliary of the Elmhurst Symphony Association. 
 
The Elmhurst Symphony Assocaition is pleased to announce the 2020/2021 Robert Stanger Young Artist Concerto Audition Winners: 

First Place:   Isabel Chen, violin

Isabel played the 1^st movement of Dvorak’s Violin Concerto in A minor.  She is from Northbrook where she attends Grade, Glenbrook North High School.  Her teacher is Almita Vamos.

Second Place:   Sidney Lee, viola

Sidney played the 1^st movement of Bartok’s Viola Concerto.  She is from Arlington Heights where she attends Buffalo Grove Heights High School.  Her teacher is

Roland Vamos.

Third Place:   Esme Arias-Kim, violin

Esme played the 1^st movement of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major.  She is from Hoffman Estates where she attends Fremd High School.  Her teacher is Almita Vamos.

Fourth Place:   Ruth Kim, Violin

Ruth played the 1^st movement of Glazunov’s Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82.  She is from Vernon Hills where she attends Adlai E. Stevenson High School.  Her teacher is Desiree Ruhstrat.