Young Artist Program

Education Director Craig Sorgi and Artistic Director Stephanie Sant’Ambrogio are pleased to announce the 5 winners of this season’s YAP auditions. Craig enthusiastically observed after the auditions, “It’s always great during our audition process to hear our talented young San Antonio musicians on a personal basis like we do. We were impressed, again, this year. Congratulations to our new YAP fellows.”

Seva Joshi, violin [15, Churchill HS] — upper left

Ellie Kennedy, violin [15, Irvine Virtual Academy] — upper right
Samuel Garcia Villar, cello [18, Reagan HS] — lower right
Justin Colon, viola [17, Health Careers HS] — lower left

Calla Xu, piano & viola [18, Reagan HS] — center

The program is based at CPMF’s San Antonio concert venue, Trinity Baptist Church. The Young Artists will form an ensemble—and ensembles—to study and perform chamber music. The curriculum will include private instruction and chamber music coachings with Education Director Craig Sorgi, Education Assistant Karen Stiles, and Festival Artists, lecture classes on aspects of music performance/careers, as well as several community engagement concerts. The Young Artists, who are calling their ensemble The Zoomin’ Quacti, will be        presented in their own final concert on July 10, showcasing the exceptional work they have put in over their 2+ week residency under the guidance of seasoned, world-class teaching. As the young artists’ summer schedule of performances firms up, we will update the calendar schedule below.

To watch a video of our 2018 YAP Fellows in performance, click here.
Composer-in-Residence Juan Pablo Contreras's piece Son Jarocho (The Sound of Veracruz) was performed by the YAP ensemble "The Prickly Octet" at the July 13, 2019 CPMF concert.

Auditions are completed, the winners announced, but here is this season's information for anyone who might want to consider applying in 2022 when we'll be asking for applications once again.

To be held June 23-25 & June 28-July 11, 2021
Typically, between four and nine young instrumentalists are chosen and awarded full-tuition scholarships for an intensive 2 1/2 week program. The Young Artists form an ensemble—and ensembles—to study and perform chamber music. The curriculum includes private instruction and chamber music coachings with Festival Artists, lecture classes on aspects of music performance/careers, free admittance to festival rehearsals & concerts for Fellows and family, and usually 8 outreach performance opportunities including the final two San Antonio Festival concerts. HOWEVER, due to COVID concerns, CPMF is restricting this year's ensemble to a string quartet and pianist. See the application for details.
 
Eligibility for 2021 [instrumentation varies each year]
Serious Violin, Viola, Cello students ages 14 through 18, and Piano students between the ages of 14 and 20, who live in and around San Antonio, Texas, may apply. (Room and board not included.) Individuals as well as pre-formed groups will be considered for acceptance. Pianists MUST prepare the two short chamber music pieces available online (see Audition Checklist below.)

APPLICATIONS
The application is available via the link below. Application deadline for all materials requested is by midnight April 24, 2021. Please return application as a PDF; no JPGs, please.

We typically ask the following:

Applicants should perform two contrasting solo works (accompanist not necessary). Pianists, in addition, will be asked to perform two short chamber music excerpts that are available at bottom of webpage. All applicants will be notified of audition results by the evening of May 2, 2021.

For additional information contact YAP Education Director Mr. Craig Sorgi: 210-259-7258 or cpmfeddirector@gmail.com.

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