JB CONCERTO COMPETITION

Application Deadline: January 15, 2027

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Application fee for Elementary, Standard & Intermediate Divisions:

• $45 one movement
• $65 two movements
• $85 three/four movements

Application fee for Advanced Divisions:

• $55 Advanced Division

January 30, 2027 (Main Audition Day) 

& 

January 31, 2027 (Overflow / Snow Day)

Location: Immanuel Church, 2551 Dixie Hwy, Lakeside Park, KY 41017

Audition times will be emailed to each applicant one (1) week after the application deadline. No changes will be made to the audition or rehearsal schedule. All students need a piano accompanist for the auditions.

Saturday, February 20, 2027 (9:00 am - 3:00 pm). 

Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 6:00 pm

• $25 admission (box office or online)
• Free admission for all children under the age of 18!
• Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

1st place winners perform at the final concert with ISM's Youth Sinfonia in collaboration with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (Summermusik).

2nd & 3rd place awards in each division will also be presented at the end of the final concert.

Elementary Division (through 5th grade) 

Divertimento in C Major Hob. XIV:3 by Joseph Haydn

• Movement 1: Allegro moderato
• Movement 2: Minuet
• Movement 3: Finale, Allegro Molto

Standard Division (through 8th grade)

Piano Concerto No. 1 by Alexander Peskanov

• Movement 1: Allegro con brio
• Movement 2: Andante cantabile
• Movement 3: Allegro ma non troppo

Intermediate Division (through 10th grade)

Concerto in D Major, W.C 63, Op. 13 No. 2 by Johann Christian Bach

• Movement 1: Allegro con spirito
• Movement 2: Andante
• Movement 3: Allegro non tanto

Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Concerto for Piano No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25 by Felix Mendelssohn

• Movement 2: Andante (ONLY)

VIOLIN

Standard Division (through 6th grade)

Violin Concertino in D Major, Op.15 by Ferdinand Küchler

• Movement 1: Allegro moderato
• Movement 2: Siciliano Larghetto, Allegro assai

Intermediate Division (through 10th grade)

Winter (L'Inverno) RV 297 by Anton Vivaldi

• Movement 1: Allegro non molto
• Movement 2: Largo
• Movement 3: Allegro 

Advanced Division (through 12 grade) 

Csardas for Violin and Orchestra by Vittorio Monti

VIOLA

Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Reverie for Solo Viola & String Orchestra by Henryk Wieniawski

CELLO

Intermediate Division (through 9th grade)

Sonata in G minor by Henry Eccles

• Movement 1: Largo
• Movement 2: Allegro
• Movement 3/4: Largo, Presto

Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 by Edward Elgar

• Movement 1: Adagio; Moderato (ONLY)

BASS

Advanced Division (through 12th grade)

Double Bass Concerto in Concert Tunning e minor, Op. 3 

by Serge Koussevitzky 

• Movement 1: Allegro (ONLY)

• Participating students are required to be available for the dress rehearsal (February 20, 2027) & final concert (February 21, 2027 @ 6pm).

• All works are required to be performed by memory.

• Each movement is a separate competition. Students may audition with one movement, two movements, or all three/four movements in the younger divisions.

• Provide 1 copy of your marked music for the judges. Copy of student’s music that shows fingerings, bowings, metronome markings, etc.

• Auditions are scheduled and grouped by division.

• All students need a piano accompanist for the auditions. If you are unable to provide your own piano accompanist, the JB Competition will provide a pianist for you. A brief rehearsal will occur the same day as the audition before your scheduled time.

• Completed applications need to be submitted by the deadline to be accepted.

• Application fees are non refundable.