Applications due for Youth Concerto Competition

The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra sponsors an annual competition among the best music students in the area. Students work with their teachers to select and prepare a solo piece, then perform it for members of the BSO. We then award the top performers a scholarship and arrange for them to play their chosen piece as a soloist with the BSO during our regular concert season. Violinist Joshua Bell was one of our first winners!

The next round of auditions will be held on November 7, 2026, and that the winner will have a chance to perform with the BSO during our March 7, 2027 concert.

Applications are due October 24, and auditions will be November 7, 2026, 10am-2pm at Faith Lutheran Church.
Video auditions will be accepted only in case of a scheduling conflict.

For all rules of participation, and the application Click Here.