She is thrilled to be diving deeper into classical piano through her graduate work and is honored to have the opportunity to perform with the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra as the winner of the 2022 Judith Elser Concerto Competition. Now as a resident of Portland, Maine, Mesa is active as a performing artist, accompanist, and full-time teaching artist at 317 Main Community Music Center in Yarmouth. From 2020-2022 Mesa served on the faculty at Gould Academy teaching middle and high students in general music and individual instruction. Mesa returned to Maine in 2017 and completed a Masters in Piano Performance and is currently pursuing a second Masters in Piano Pedagogy at the University of Southern Maine under the mentorship of Dr. In addition, as a sought-after collaborative pianist and musical director, she worked multiple productions with Belmont University and Middle Tennessee State University theater departments.

Traveling to Music City in 2014 with a pop/rock trio, she settled in Nashville for three years, composing, performing, and recording. Throughout her musical development, the influence of pop, rock, jazz and soul artists has contributed to her diverse style. Gaining a degree in Piano Performance, with a minor in Business Administration at the University of Maine, Orono, and studying with Baycka Voronietsky, Mesa's collegiate experience included: University Singers, Renaissance, an all female a cappella group, UMaine Jazz Ensemble, accompanist for Collegiate Chorale, and guest conductor for University Singers. Drawn to the piano at a young age, her formative instruction was influenced by the Suzuki method, and her dedicated classical training was honed through her early teachers Win Pusey and Dr.

The Competition Coordinator is authorized to make binding decisions regarding conformity to competition guidelines and rules.Raised in the coastal village of Blue Hill, Maine, Mesa Schubeck's musical roots began with an immersion in her family’s folk music tradition. Please cut orchestral tutti sections accordingly. Audition times will be limited to 12 minutes for the Junior Division and 15 minutes for the Senior Division. Photocopies of music will be permitted, and the use thereof will constitute a representation by the competitor that the usage complies with all applicable copyright requirements. Finalists must provide one original score for the judges to view during the competition. A concert grand piano will be available for the finalist competition. Those designated as finalists shall present a live performance for the judges on Monday, Novemat a time and place to be announced when the finalists are designated. The Symphony shall judge the initial entries, and shall notify those selected as finalists on or before November 13, 2022. Final round must be with piano accompaniment. Video round may use SmartMusic as a form of accompaniment. For both rounds competitors will be responsible for providing his/her own piano accompanist and orchestral reduction piano part. on November, 202The submitted video shall comply with the requirements of Section 9 below. Each entrant shall submit a video of the entrant performing the entered work by the close of entries, which shall be 11:59:59 p.m. In case one needs to hear how it all comes together, there is a additional track on which Ken sings the piece along with the. Second-prize winner(s) will receive scholarship awards, but will not perform with the Houston Civic Symphony. The First prize winner will perform with the Houston Civic Symphony and receive a scholarship award.

One first-prize may be awarded in the Senior Division. An entry in the Senior Division is a representation that the student is currently in the indicated grades, and that no representation that the student is in any other grade level has been made to any person or organization. ‍ Senior Division (Grades 9-12): Orchestral instruments (strings, winds, percussion) No piano competition for 2022-23. One first prize may be awarded in the Junior Division. An entry in the Junior Division is a representation that the student is currently in the indicated grades, and that no representation that the student is in any other grade level has been made to any person or organization.

Junior Division (Grades 5-8): Orchestral instruments (strings, winds, percussion) No piano competition for 2022-23.

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