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Concerto and Aria Competition

Each year the AUSO hosts a Concerto & Aria Competition open to all students of American University — undergraduates and graduates, full and part time.  The Department of Performing Arts comes together for this annual celebration of the incredible talent of AU's student musicians.  This year's competition will be held at 3:00 p.m. on October 27 & 28 at the Katzen Arts Center's Abramson Family Recital Hall. Winners will perform with the AU Symphony Orchestra in March 2008.

The 2006 competition took place in early October over the course of two days.  Eight contestants competed in the preliminary round on October 7, with five participants proceeding to the final round held October 8.  After much deliberation three prizes were awarded: two first prizes and a third prize. The two first prize winners, violinist Josiah Lambert and mezzo-soprano Laura Petravage, will perform at the AUSO concert in early March of 2007.  The two winners, violinist Josiah Lambert and mezzo-soprano Laura Petravage, will perform at the AUSO concert in early March of 2007.  Congratulations to all who competed!

2006 Co-Winner Josiah Lambert, Violin
Accompanied by Matthew Van Moose
(Photo: Jacob Goodman/The Eagle)

2006 First Prize awarded to:

Josiah Lambert, violin, for his performance of the first movement, "Allegro," from Samuel Barber's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14.

Laura Petravage, mezzo-soprano, for her performances of Wolgang Amadeus Mozart's "Parto! Ma tu ben mio" from his opera La clemenza di Tito and Jules Massenet's "Va! Laisse couler mes larmes" from his opera Werther.

2006 Third Prize awarded to:

Adam Hansen, cello, for his performance of the first movement, "Allegro," from Dmitri Kabalevsky's Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 49.