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Sempre Musick is delighted to announce our Winners’ Recital Concerts for our 2025 season! Concerts are open to the public. Doors will open 20 minutes prior to performance time.  Each concert will feature different soloists and repertoire, including winning compositions from the Sempre Musick 2024 Composition Competition.  Tickets may be purchased in advance via this page, or onsite (exact change preferred). Adults: $25 Children $10 Click here to Purchase Tickets Saturday, May 24 at Methuen Memorial Music Hall Concert 1: Orchestra | 4:00pm Concert 2: Orchestra | 6:00pm Sunday, May 25 at Methuen Memorial Music Hall Concert 1: Orchestra | 3:00pm Concert 2: Orchestra | 5:00pm  Concert 3: Solo Performance | 7:15pm Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day) at West Parish Church, Andover, MA Concert 1: Orchestra and Solo Performance | 11:30am Concert 2: Bach Inventions | FREE ADMISSION | 3:30pm Methuen Memorial Music Hall Address: 192 Broadway, Methuen, MA 01844 Parking: Limited parking is available in the Methuen Memorial Music Hall lot. Additional parking is available on the street. West Parish Church Address: 129 Reservation Rd, Andover, MA 01810 Parking: Limited parking is available directly across from the front of the church on Reservation Road. Overflow parking is available in the lot directly behind the church on Shawsheen Rd.

Congratulations to all 130+ talented participants from many countries on your hard work! We are thrilled to announce the competition results. The winner(s) of each age category will be awarded the honor of having their composition performed by the esteemed Sempre Musick Orchestra during the 2025 season. We will communicate performance schedules at a later date. Composition for Orchestra Category: Winner: Winston Schneider (Nebraska, USA) – Shortchanged Scherzo: a Fleeced Fandango Honorable Mentions: Urszula Janiszewska (Olawa, Poland) – Syncopation Yang Jing (Zhengzhou, China) – Travelers in the Dark Night Kaori Nakano (Osaka, Japan) – The Girl’s Blue and Yellow Pendant Solo and Ensemble Category, Ages 19+ Winners: Dohyun Kim (Massachusetts, USA) – Invitation to my planet Cristina Maria Noli (Milan, Italy) – Dreams can change ideas – (Sogni che tramutano i pensieri) Honorable Mentions: Iman Khajehzadeh (Texas, USA) – Lines, Shapes, and Shadows Ugo Raimondi (Caserta, Italy) – Il culto del dio Fujin Li Zhuoming (Guandong, China) – Rondo Expedition for string quartet; II：Battle Solo and Ensemble Category, Ages 15-18 Winners: Edith Tamarkin Goble (California, USA) – Capriccio for Piano Quintet Zhuocheng (Tony) Li (Guandong, China) – Growth Honorable Mentions: Yuhao Jin (Guandong, China) – “Track Back II” for Violoncello Solo Grace Wang (California, USA) – Forpuck Solo and Ensemble Category, Ages 10-14 Winner: Keerat Sharma (California, USA) – Nocturne for Piano Honorable Mentions: Rose Liu (Guandong, China) -《困在时间里的蝴蝶》(Butterfly Trapped in Time) Yiyi Chen (Shanghai, China) -《Home》

80 students ages 5-20 performed with the Sempre Musick Orchestra in 2024! Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Awards 2024 Grand Prix Winner Taige Wang, New York Student of Yoheved Kaplinsky Performance with the NH Philharmonic Orchestra in the 2024-2025 season https://youtu.be/0sD3P9Kr3uE Solo Appearance with the Nashua Chamber Orchestra in 2024-2025:  Khaos Kook, Washington State, student of Nancy Zhou Omni Mount Washington Award for Outstanding Solo Performance:  Eunha Basu, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Special Awards Best Performance of a Baroque Concerto: Max Kremsenko, 17, New York, student of Olga Rudnik Best Performance of a Classical Concerto: Perry Moskowitz, 20, Massachusetts, student of Bonnie Anderson Best Performance of a Romantic Concerto: Nina Iorik, 13, Washington State, student of Nino Merabishvili Best Performance by Adult Amateur Pianist Paskinel Thomas, New York, student of Alla Eliseeva Young Virtuoso – Piano:  Sophie Luo, 10, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova Young Virtuoso – Violin:  James Zhou, 7, Massachusetts, student of Liubomyr Senyshyn Best Performer of a Composition by Timothy Brown: Brayden Wilyono, 13, Texas, student of Timothy Brown  Best Woodwind Soloist: Advika Govindaraju, 15, New Hampshire, student of Aubrie Dionne Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov: Maria Barsegov, 12, Massachusetts, student of Shamil Nevretdinov Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov: Ethan Leung, 5, Massachusetts, student of Isabella Li Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov: Teddy Mulligan, 7, Massachusetts, student of Erin Tellier Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov: Enoch Shen, 5, Massachusetts, student of Jia Shi Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov: Radha Biswas, 13, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova Bach Two-Part Invention Competition Special Awards Best performance of J. S. Bach Two-Part Invention: William Chang, 13, Massachusetts, student of Yu Wang Best performance of J. S. Bach Two-Part Invention: Iris Zhou, 9, Massachusetts, student of Anna Avetisyan

Sempre Musick is delighted to announce our Winners’ Recital Concerts for our 2024 season!  Concerts are open to the public.  All concerts will be held at the West Parish Church, located at 129 Reservation Road, Andover, Massachusetts. Parking is available in front of the church. Additional parking is available behind the main church building (off Shawsheen Road).  Concert Schedule Saturday, May 25 3:00pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition. 5:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition. Sunday, May 26 4:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition. 6:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and winners of the 2023 Composition Competition. Monday, May 27 1:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra. 3:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra. 7:00pm: Bach Two-Part Inventions with Sempre Musick Baroque Ensemble, and solo performers. Saturday, June 8 1:30pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and solo performers. 4:00pm: performances with the Sempre Musick Orchestra, and solo performers. Tickets: Each concert will feature different programs and soloists. Doors will open 30 minutes prior to performance time. Tickets are available for purchase ahead of time. Tickets will also be available at the door.  Each ticket grants you entry to any single concert of your choice.  Your tickets will be held for you at the entrance. Upon arrival, please tell us your email address to pick up your tickets.

Taige Wang will perform as a soloist with the Sempre Musick Orchestra on May 25 at 3:00 pm.  Taige is also a winner of the 2023 Sempre Musick Composition Competition. His piano trio, Chopin vs Chopin 2.0, will also be performed on May 25.  TAIGE WANG, 13, studies piano at The Juilliard School with Yoheved Kaplinsky. He is a young scholar of the Lang Lang International Music Foundation.  In 2023, as the youngest competitor, Taige made the quarterfinals at The Cliburn Junior Competition, and was one of the three finalists at Thomas and Evon Cooper International Piano Competition, where he performed with the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra.  Taige appeared on the show From the Top in 2021 and at From The Top’s 2022 Gala, in which he was the youngest of three nationally-selected musicians. He has played at various prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium, Nixon Presidential Library Museum, Lincoln Center, Severance Hall, and Henan Grand Theater (China). Taige studies composition with Bruce Adolphe. As a prize-winning composer, his piano trio Chopin vs Chopin 2.0 was commissioned by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and he performed its debut at Alice Tully Hall on April 16, 2023.  Taige received the President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award in 2022.

Congratulations to all 200+ talented participants from 18 countries on your hard work! We are thrilled to announce the competition results. Each age category winner will be awarded a cash prize and the honor of having their composition performed by the esteemed Sempre Musick Orchestra during the 2024 season. We will communicate performance schedules at a later date. All entrants will receive their personalized judges’ comments and certificates of participation by December 31, 2023. Given the impressive turnout, we will be dispatching these documents gradually over the upcoming weeks. Adult (25 and older) Winner: Noam Faingold – Open Wide the Doors for All Honorable Mentions:Sobhan Afsarian – Piano Sonata, Movement IIIJingyan Chen – Invisible WavesAnna Crestani – HágoóneeYi-de Li – In Search of JasmineYu-Shiuan Mei – AmbivalenceYuanyi Wang – FloatChih-Yun Wang – Liminality Collegiate (19-24) Winner: Miho Ikeda – Temptation of that Jade Vine Honorable Mentions: Sihoo Ahn – Mook WaJennie Hu – Toccata for Woodwind QuintetSeo Yoon Jang – FestEthan Resnik – A Lakeside View with You Senior (15-18) Winners: Yiheng Li – Album LeafWinston Schneider – Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Quintet; I: Allegro con Brio Honorable Mentions: Carter Smith – Sunset Fades to NightXiao Wen – SearchRuoyao Wu – Q Junior (11-14) Winners: Mona Mod – “Gretchen” (Faust)Taige Wang – Chopin vs. Chopin 2.0 Piano Trio Honorable Mention: Yiyi Chen – Mother’s Ballade Elementary (10 and younger) Winner:  Zoey Feng – Lost in Thunder Honorable Mention: Yuchen Liu – The Day Dr. Squeaks Won the Nobel Prize

67 students ages 5-20 performed with the Sempre Musick Orchestra in 2023! Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Awards 2023 Grand Prix Winners Aurelia Faidley-Solars 13, New York https://youtu.be/NSiZdIzglcA Student of Natasha Brofsky Will perform with the NH Philharmonic Orchestra May 11 and 12, 2024 at Ste. Marie Roman Catholic Church, Manchester, NH Roxane Park 15, New Hampshire​ https://youtu.be/tmmJraguwjE Student of Alexander Korsantia Will perform with the NH Philharmonic OrchestraMay 18 and 19, 2024at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA Concerto & Solo and Ensemble with Orchestra Special Awards Best Performance of a Baroque Concerto:Myla Larmond, 10, New York, student of Elizabeth Faidley Best Performance of a Classical Concerto:Yunseo Chang, 20, Minnesota, student of Timothy Lovelace Best Performance of a Concerto by W. A. Mozart:Eunha Basu, 13, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova Rising Star Award:Aria Zhao, 9, Massachusetts, student of Jia Shi Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:Frederick Luo, 6, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova Best Performer of a Composition by Alexander Peskanov:Mason Goddard, 8, New York, student of Patricia Robinson Best Performer of a Composition by Timothy Brown:Austin Xu, 11, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova Young Virtuoso Award:Isabelle Bao, 9, New Jersey, Student of Choah Kim Performance Competition Special Awards Best Performance of a Composition by Catherine Rollin:Jay Greer, 8, Massachusetts, student of Mila Filatova Best Performance of a Composition by Frederic Chopin:Katherine Chen, 13, Massachusetts, student of Eleanor McLaughlin Best Performer of a Composition by Romeo Melloni:Melinda Hu, 15, New Hampshire, student of Mila Filatova

Grand Prix 2022 Congratulations to Evan Huang as the Sempre Musick 2022 Concerto Competition Grand Prix winner. Evan Huang will perform with the NH Philharmonic Orchestra on April 15/16, 2023. Peskanov Music Award Winners Composer Alexander Peskanov has chosen to recognize multiple contestants for their outstanding performances: 1st Prize: Emily Hu 2nd Prize: Hailey Wang 3rd Prize: Sicong Jeffrey Qian and Austin Xu Congratulations to all participants!