CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE 2024 THORESON STEFFES YOUNG ARTISTS SOLO COMPETITION!

COLLEGIATE DIVISION

First Place
Jaxon Dewald

Baritone Saxophone
Concordia College in Moorhead, MN

Second Place
Caleb Mendez

Piano
University of North Dakota, ND

Third Place
Ellie Chang

Flute
Concordia College in Moorhead, MN

HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION

First Place
Gabe Sagini
Violin
Red River High School, ND

Second Place
Aashur Olson

Violin
New Salem High School, ND

Third Place
Alexandra Grotberg

Flute
Home School, ND


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2024 Thoreson Steffes Young Artists Solo Competition
for Piano & Orchestral Instruments

Saturday, January 6, 2024 at Concordia College

Presented by Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and Classical Minnesota Public Radio 91.1FM

Open to High School (Grade 9-12) and Undergraduate College Students residing in North Dakota or a 150-mile radius of Moorhead in Minnesota or attending school in that area.

CASH AWARDS: 1st place $1,000; 2nd place $750, 3rd place $500

GRAND PRIZE (HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION) - Performance with FMSO at the
2024 Kids in the Concert Hall Family Concert

Click here for the repertoire list and the guidelines.

Click the link below to print and fill out the application.

Applications can be mailed to or dropped off at our office,
808 3rd Ave S #300
Fargo, ND 58103

Or scanned to Jane Linde Capistran at capistra@cord.edu.

Corporate Sponsor of the Young Artists Solo Competition

Corporate Sponsor of the
Young Artists Solo Competition