Current participants and alumni of all YMF’s programs through age 26 are eligible to audition for the annual National Debut Concerto Competition. A panel of professional musicians and the Music Director and Conductor of the Debut Orchestra select young musicians to perform a concerto with the Debut Orchestra during the upcoming season. More than 180 renowned musicians have had their earliest solo experience as a winner of this prestigious competition. Awards include a performance opportunity with the Debut Orchestra and honorariums ranging from $500 to $3000.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2007 National Debut Competition:

Grand Prize Danielle Nesmith, violin	First Prize Ken Hamao, violin	Second Prize Jonathan Han, clarinet	Camp Prize Connie Kim Sheng, piano

Current members and alumni of YMF’s Chamber Music Series, Debut Orchestra, Scholarship and Summer Orchestra Programs through age 26 at the time of auditions.

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VIOLIN
Brahms - Concerto
Bruch - Concerto no. 1
Korngold - Concerto
Prokofiev - Concerto no. 2
Sarasate - Carmen Fantasy
Sibelius - Concerto
Tchaikovsky - Concerto; Waltz-Scherzo

CELLO
Bloch - Schelomo
Saint-Saens - Concerto no. 1
Tchaikovsky - Rococo Variations

OBOE
Vivaldi - Concerto in A minor

CLARINET
Corigliano - Concerto
Mozart - Concerto
Nielsen - Concerto

TROMBONE
Creston - Fantasy

PIANO
Liszt - Fantasia on Hungarian Themes
Tchaikovsky - Concerto no. 1