Young Artist Competition – 2024

The Folsom Lake Symphony is proud to announce its second annual Young Artist Competition, the initial focus of the symphony’s Emerging Artists Program. The competition at the Harris Center for the Arts at Folsom Lake College will be judged by a panel of professionals chaired by the symphony’s music director and conductor, Peter Jaffe. Cash awards are given to the Division winners and the Grand Prize winner. All winners will perform at the Young Artists Recital. The Grand Prize winner will also perform with the Symphony at the Family Concert on January 25, 2025.

September 1, 2024

September 30, 2024

November 9, 2024

January 12, 2025

January 25, 2025

Application process opens

Application process closes

Live competition

Young Artist Recital

The Grand Prize winner is the guest artist at the Family Concert

The competition is made possible thanks to the Georgette Pauwels and Réal Desrochers Grant for Emerging Artists.

Young Artist Competition Guidelines

2023 Young Artist Competition Winners