FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2012

The Boise Chamber Music Society is pleased to announce the results of the Seventh Annual Young Artists String Quartet Competition, as judged Saturday, Mar. 10, by the members of the Calder Quartet, who performed the night before on the Boise Chamber Music Series.

First place, including the $800 prize, in the Pre-College round was awarded to the "C.H.S. Chamber Players" from Caldwell High School: Heidi Olsen and Mackenzie Herrera, violins; Camille Leavitt, viola; and Tyler Hamilton, cello; coached by Gini Rosandick. This quartet performed works by Schubert and Beethoven. Also performing in the live contest was the Capital High School Quartet: Christa Cole and Schuyler Mickelson, violins; Bailey Clark, viola; and Antonio Perata, cello; coached by Sandy Shoen.

First place in the Collegiate round and a prize of $1000 were awarded to a quartet from Boise State University, with violinists Nicole Oswald and Yonsoo Park, violist Emily Jones, and cellist David Feldman, as coached by three BSU string faculty members, Linda Kline Lamar, Craig Purdy, and Brian Hodges. Also competing were the College of Idaho Quartet of Geoffrey Hill and Margaret Torrey, violins; Aurora Torres, viola; and Kyle True, cello; coached by Langroise Trio violist David Johnson. Two additional quartets from Boise State University also performed: Anna Iyerusalimets and Jessica Valencia, violins; Norah Ashby, viola; and Danika McClure, cello; and Rachael Knapp and Jessie Youngblood, violins; Cruz Torres, viola; and Samaquias Lorta, cello

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Caption: C.H.S. Chamber Players (Caldwell High School) seated; BSU String Quartet standing, with Calder Quartet in center.

photo credit Jan Kelly

A season of all-new faces and wide-ranging repertoire begins Sept. 30 with the Claremont Trio, a bright and beautiful young ensemble residing in New York City, playing Mozart, Shostakovich, and Mendelssohn. First winners of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award and the only piano trio ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, the Claremonts are consistently lauded for their "aesthetic maturity, interpretive depth, and exuberance." Then in November, the famously flexible Carpe Diem String Quartet brings their mixture of original, cross-over, and classical passions to bear on a concert unlike any before experienced on the Series. The Calder Quartet—elegant, sophisticated, and current—joins us from their home base in Los Angeles on Mar. 9 and stays through Saturday morning to judge the Seventh Annual BCMS Young Artist String Quartet Competition. And finally, the long-sought-after Los Angeles Piano Quartet will appear in concert with guest oboist Mark Hill in a program of piano quartets and mixed works, from Brahms to Martinu.