Congratulations to the 2021 Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition Finalists!

They are:

• Sarah Bobrow (USA)

• Amelia del Caño (USA)

• Lauren Henning (USA)

• Rachael Lee (USA/Taiwan)

• Julianne Mulvey (USA)

• Thalia Navas (Canada)

• Tatia Slouka (USA)

• Quincey Trojanowski (USA)

• Sandra Vieira Ribeiro (Brazil)

• Laressa Winters (USA)

Congratulations to all of the many talented young women who entered - we are impressed by all of your dedication and hard work, especially during such unprecedented times.

The final round, which will take place in a multimedia video format at the 2021 MQVC Virtual Symposium January 3-10, will incorporate audience engagement and other creative elements. In addition to artistic bassoon playing, finalists are encouraged to pursue other creative mediums to present the music in ways that will appeal to a wide general audience by incorporating elements from other art forms such as poetry, photography, drama, dance, visual art, videography and more. MQVC will provide each finalist with a new bassoon quartet arrangement of the orchestral accompaniment to the Vivaldi Concerto so that she can record the parts separately and edit them together. MQVC will provide the finalists with workshops on effective audience engagement and creating an artistic concept for the videos, as well as education on managing the technological aspect of this project in order to optimize the audio and video quality. Free recording equipment will be supplied to each finalist by Fox Products for making the final videos.

We will award $1000 to each finalist who submits a successful final round video that contains all of the required components. Additional prizes to be awarded on the final night of the Symposium include:

• $2500 Vivaldi Prize

• $2500 New Music Prize

• $2500 Media Prize

• $2500 Engagement Prize

The Symposium will also feature health and wellness events, master classes, reed hangouts and recital performances given by an incredible and diverse line-up of professional performers and teachers. More info on the Symposium, including how to register and a schedule of events, will be coming soon. We hope you’ll join us!

A huge thank you goes out to our preliminary round judges, Catherine Carignan, Catherine Chen, Francisco Joubert, Christopher Millard, and Anthony Parnther, who wrote detailed comments to every applicant. We wouldn't be able to produce the high quality competition experience MQVC is known for without our outstanding community of bassoonists and performers who donate their time to serve as adjudicators.