The 2023 Concerto Competition recently took place this November in the Wertheim Concert Hall. 

We give our congratulations to the winners of this year's competition, and the works they performed in the competition. Each winner will be featured in an upcoming orchestral program with the FIU Symphony Orchestra on February 10, 2023 at 7:30PM.

• Edgar Javier Aragon '25, french horn
Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat Major, first movement

• Michael Cooley '26, flute
Reinecke: Flute Concerto, third movement

• Jerome McCoy '25, viola
Bartok: Viola Concerto, first movement

• Cathrin Mesa (finalist) '25, soprano
Britten: Selections from Les Illuminations

The judges were Dr. Jon Robertson, Dean of the Lynn University Conservatory of Music, and Jill Arbetter, Executive Director of the Elevar Foundation, who were very impressed with the level of playing of the participants. Our sincere thanks to Michael Klotz for serving as the coordinator of our competition and to the faculty members who worked hard to prepare the students.