Our Congratulations To The Winners of the 2012 Competition

ALICE COLEMAN PRIZE - $7,500 Calidore String Quartet The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA Jeffrey Myers, Violin Ryan Meehan, Violin Jeremy Berry, Viola Estelle Choi, Cello Paul Coletti, Coach

COLEMAN-BARSTOW PRIZE FOR STRINGS - $4,000 Ariadne String Quartet Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland, OH Dorothy Ro, Violin Ling-Ling Huang, Violin Evan Hesketh, Viola Denise Ro, Cello Kirsten Docter, Coach

COLEMAN-SAUNDERSON PRIZE FOR WOODWINDS & BRASS - $4,000 (shared) Noctua Rice University, Houston, TX Kayla Burggraf, Flute Michelle Pan, Oboe Nicholas Chona, Clarinet John Turman, Horn Thomas Morrison, Bassoon Richie Hawley, Coach   Project Fusion Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY Dannel Espinoza, Soprano Sax Matt Amedio, Alto Sax Michael Sawzin, Tenor Sax Matt Evans, Baritone Sax Chien-Kwan Lin, Coach

HONORABLE MENTION The Accord Quintet University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Joseph Morris, Clarinet Michelle Tseng, Violin Sakura Tsai, Violin Elizabeth Beilman, Viola Ye Lin Stella Cho, Cello Alice Schoenfeld, Coach

The 2012 competition took place on Saturday, April 28^th in Caltech's Ramo Auditorium. The winners will present a formal concert on Sunday, April 29^th.

The judges for the 2012 competition were:

• Jane Coop, Piano
• Yehuda Gilad, Clarinet
• David Lee Jackson, Trombone
• Ronald Leonard, Cello
• Peter Salaff, Violin

Each year, everyone is welcome to attend both days of this exciting annual event.

Groups interested in participating in the 2013 competition, please watch this page for the 2013 application, which will be posted as soon as it is available.

The Competition began in 1947 as the Coleman Auditions for young, non-professional performers; today's competing ensembles have an average age of less than 28. From a modest beginning, the annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition (renamed in 1982) has become a highly respected national and international event with competitors coming from the major music schools across the country.

Many Coleman Competition winners have gone on to become widely acclaimed artists. An abbreviated list of past winners includes Glenn Dicterow; Grant Gershon; Jeffrey Kahane; Anne-Marie McDermott; Paula Robison; Nathaniel Rosen; Morton Subotnick; the Ahn Trio; eighth blackbird; and the Cavani, Colorado, Pacifica, Tokyo, and Vega Quartets.

Held annually in late April, the Competition offers an opportunity for these musicians to perform before an outstanding panel of nationally chosen judges for three prizes totaling $15,500. Previous judges have included Jascha Heifetz; Natalie Limonick; Mehli Mehta; Gregor Piatigorsky; Artur Rubinstein; Eudice Shapiro; Arnold Steinhardt; Henri Temianka; the Beaux Arts Trio; and the Amadeus, Budapest, Opus One, and Smetana Quartets.