Youth Concerto Competition 2025
SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2025, 8:30 AM – NOON
Lenape Middle School
313 W. State Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
Auditions are open to all musicians 14 years of age or younger on March 22, 2025 who play an orchestral instrument other than piano.
Contestants may play a piece of their choice from the standard repertoire for instrument and orchestra. Contestants are requested to play from memory. Contestants must provide their own accompanist for the audition.
Interested student musicians must live in either Bucks or Montgomery County in Pennsylvania or within a 30-mile radius of Doylestown, PA.
The winner will receive the BCSO’s Jeanne Marvin Phillips Award (cash prize or a two-week summer session at Luzerne Music Center), the Delaware Valley Music Club’s Marie Paxson Prize, and a performance with the Bucks County Symphony Orchestra during the 2025-2026 season.
To apply for the audition: send the application form, along with a $25 application fee to:
BCSO Competition Committee
P.O. Box 500
Doylestown, PA 18901
Applications are due by March 8, 2025.
For more information: jschulang@gmail.com
Winner of the BCSO Youth Concerto Competition will be offered the choice of a cash prize or a two-week summer music camp experience at the beautiful Luzerne Music Center in upstate New York. Read about camp opportunities at LuzerneMusic.org.
