2021 VEA Competition Deadline Extended!
Due to the uncertainty and additional logistical concerns in the school year the deadline for the 2021 Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition has been extended to Thursday December 31st, 11:59PM EST! Please also see below for a message regarding accompaniment for this year’s competition. VEA 2021 Competition Covid Update Due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, and the difficulties that all students may encounter, we wish to offer some additional information about recordings for this year’s competition. Remote collaboration with an accompanist is an option for your recordings if recording together in person is not possible. Submissions with separately recorded accompaniment or without accompaniment will not be disqualified this...
Read More2021 VEA Repertoire Announced!
The repertoire for the 2021 Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition has been released. The online portal for submissions will open in the fall. Please see the Repertoire page for a full list.
Read More2020 VEA Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the 2020 VEA prize winners! 1st Prize 2020 1st Prize Classical Clarinet: Ángel Martín Mora 2020 1st Prize Classical Saxophone: Robert Stine II 2020 1st Prize Jazz: Santosh Sharma 2nd Prize 2nd Prize Classical Clarinet: Amer Hasan2nd Prize Classical Saxophone: Jeremy Howell2nd Prize Jazz: Dylan Band 3rd Prize 3rd Prize Classical Clarinet: Michael Miller3rd Prize Classical Saxophone: Christopher Forbes3rd Prize Jazz: Devin...
Read MoreVEA at 2019 MFA a Success!
2019 Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition First Prize Winners each performed a world premier commissioned for them by Vandoren at the Music For All National Festival. World Premiers: Hockney, or “Performance as Painting” by Mark Engebretson performed by Sean MillerWatch the archived Live Stream on Faccebook “The Great Hungarian Composer Béla Bartók Made His Home In This House During The Last Year Of His Life” by Kenji Bunch performed by Ning Zhang Watch the archived Live Stream on Faccebook “As You Can Tell” written by Todd Bashore, performed by Rico JonesWatch the archived Live Stream on...
Read More2019 VEA Winners Announced!
Congratulations to the 2019 VEA prize winners! 1st Prizes 2019 1st Prize Classical Clarinet: Ning Zhang 2019 1st Prize Classical Saxophone: Sean Miller 2019 1st Prize Jazz: Rico Jones 2nd Prizes 2nd Prize Classical Clarinet: Moon Sun Yoo2nd Prize Classical Saxophone: Eric Zheng2nd Prize Jazz: Eric Nakanishi 3rd Prizes 3rd Prize Classical Clarinet: Sierra Allen3rd Prize Classical Saxophone: Chaitanya Natarajan3rd Prize Jazz: Bobby...
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