2024 PRIZE WINNERS

Undergraduate Division
1st prize – Siying Chen
2nd prize – Lulu Hassanein
3rd prize – Elizabeth Lentz

Outstanding performance of a work by an African American composer – Mariana Weaver

Graduate Division
1st prize – Nathalie Friederich
2nd prize – Ashley Schumacher
3rd prize – Eden Bartholomew

Outstanding performance of a work by an African American composer – Ashley Schumacher

Outstanding Accompanist – Kim Zhang


PRIZES
Undergraduate Division: 1st-$600, 2nd-$400, 3rd-$250
Graduate Division: 1st-$1,100, 2nd-$850, 3rd-$600
Outstanding Performance of a Work by an African American Composer: $150
​​​​​​​(one award per division.)

All prize winners will be featured on the January 31st, 2025 Noon:30 concert in Leith Symington Griswold Hall.

​​​​​​​*Prizes that are awarded are considered taxable income by JHU.

2024 PRIZE WINNERS
1st - Wei Zhu, violin
2nd - Chener Yuan, violin
3rd - Hsiang-Hsin Ching, viola


ELIGIBLE DISCIPLINES

Strings
Conservatory majors enrolled in a degree, certificate, or diploma program for piano during the 2022-23 academic year may compete with the consent of their major teachers. Students not enrolled for lessons, as well as students excused from a large ensemble orchestral requirement because of injury during the semester which the competition is held, are not eligible to compete. Previous first prize winners are not eligible.



PRIZES
1st Prize

$1,500 cash prize
Solo performance with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra during the 2023-2024 academic year. A graduating student who wins this competition is expected to return to Peabody for the performance.
A recital on the Shriver Hall Concert Series, "Discovery Series"
2nd Prize

$750 cash prize
​​​​​​​3rd Prize

$500 cash prize


​​​​​​​*Prizes that are awarded are considered taxable income by JHU. ​​​​​​​

Marbury Undergraduate Violin Competition

Endowed by the law firm of DLA Piper

2024 Prize Winners
Co-winners: Sylvia Yunjun Chen and Sumin Lee

ELIGIBILITY
Any Conservatory undergraduate violin major enrolled in a degree or certificate program for the 2021-2022 academic year. Students not enrolled for lessons, as well as students excused from a large ensemble orchestral requirement because of injury during the semester which the competition is held, are not eligible to compete. Previous first-prize winners are not eligible.


PRIZES
1st Prize:
$1,000 cash prize
Solo recital, open to the public
2nd Prize:
$500

Endowed by Walter Summer in 1994, this annual competition was established to encourage composition and computer music majors to compose chamber works exploring dimensions in performance, instrumentation, and multimedia. Entries ranging from chamber works with electronics to purely electronic compositions to interactive installations are welcome.

2024 Prize Winners


1st Prize – $1,000
Bruxist’s Mesh by Hamish Robb

2nd Prize - $500
Anxiolytic Enumeration III by Francesca Hilditch

Joint 3rd Prize – $150 each
Waves Enter En Route to Sentiment by Bianca Quigley & blackandwhite by Colton Arnold

Honorable Mention - Mäntylä: Textiles by Zac Fick-Cambria

2024 Prize Winner

1st Prize – Geworfenheit by Young Jun Lee, DMA student in Felipe Lara’s studio

ELIGIBILITY
Any Conservatory student enrolled in a degree program for composition major study during the current academic year. Previous prizewinners are not eligible.


​​​​​​​REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS
Only one composition may be entered per student. The work should be composed for a standard symphonic or chamber orchestra (not to exceed three parts in each woodwind section, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, four percussionists, two harps, piano/celesta, and strings) and cannot be longer than 14 minutes in duration. The work submitted must have been written during the composer’s time at Peabody and played through by a Peabody ensemble in either a rehearsal or performance.

Endowed by gifts in memory of Judge Winter given by family, friends, and former law clerks

2024 PRIZE WINNERS

1st - Jun Hwi Cho
2nd - Vanessa Yu


ELIGIBILITY
Any Conservatory student enrolled in a degree, certificate, or diploma program for piano major study during the 2021-2022 academic year. Students not currently enrolled for lessons are not eligible to compete. Previous first-prize winners are not eligible. 

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS:
Contestants are allowed to choose any piano concerto (excluding Brahms 1)


PRIZES
1st Prize:
$1,000 cash prize
Solo Performance with a Peabody Orchestra during the 2022-2023 academic year. A graduating student who wins first prize will be expected to return to Peabody for the performance.

2nd Prize:
$500 cash prize

​​​​​​​*Prizes that are awarded are considered taxable income by JHU.

ELIGIBLE DISCIPLINES
Instrument other than piano and orchestral bowed strings
(Eligible disciplines include: Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Harp, and Guitar)

Conservatory majors enrolled in a degree, certificate, or diploma program for bowed strings or any instrument other than piano and orchestral bowed strings during the 2021-2022 academic year may compete with the consent of their major teachers. Students not enrolled for lessons, as well as students excused from a large ensemble orchestral requirement because of injury during the semester which the competition is held, are not eligible to compete. Previous first prize winners are not eligible.

2022 Prize Winners
1st Prize - Jasmine Pigott
2nd Prize - Denis Savelyev
3rd Prize - Bailey Liu


​​​​​​​REPERTOIRE

Preliminary Round: A full recital of solo works (at least 50 minutes of music)
**Final Round concerto may not be featured on the Preliminary Round program.**
​​​​​​​Final Round: A concerto from the standard repertoire for solo instrument. Finalists will play the entire concerto with predetermined cuts of orchestral tuttis. Concerti selected from outside the standard literature are subject to approval by the Ensemble Office and the Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Artistic Director of Ensembles.
At this time, double concerti are not permitted to be entered in the competition.

REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR APPLICATION

Students must submit a list of all repertoire for both the preliminary round and file round, including complete title(s), timings, composer name and composer birth/death dates.
Headshot and Biography (200 word maximum)​​​​​​​

PRIZES
1st Prize- $1,500
2nd Prize- $750
​​​​​​​3rd Prize- $500

​​​​​​​*Prizes that are awarded are considered taxable income by JHU.

2024 Prize Winners

1st Prize – Bullet Time by Zixuan Chen, BM student in Oscar Bettison’s studio
2nd Prize – MACHINA by Zac Fick-Cambria, DMA student in Felipe Lara’s studio

Honorable Mention – Bodhi by Zhitao Lin, DMA student in Du Yun’s studio


ELIGIBILITY
Any Conservatory student enrolled in a degree program for composition major study during the 2021-2022 academic year. Students not currently enrolled in lessons are not eligible to compete. Previous first-prize winners are not eligible. This competition is held every other year.

Sylvia Green Voice Competition
​​​​​​​The Sylvia Green Voice Competition is held every other year and will be held in the 2025-2026 academic year.

2024 Prize Winners

1st Prize - Tina O'Malley
2nd Prize - Eden Bartholomew
3rd Prize - Jietong Fu

ELIGIBILITY
​​​​​​​Any Conservatory voice major enrolled in a degree or certificate program with junior status or higher during the 2021-2022 academic year. Eligibility includes graduate students, except for degree-in-progress students not enrolled for lessons. Students excused from large ensembles for injury during the spring semester are not eligible to enter. Previous first prize winners of this competition are ineligible. It is expected that students will seek the advice of their major teachers on their suitability to take part in the competition and on the choice of program.

​​PRIZES
1st Prize- $2,000
2nd Prize- $1,000
3rd Prize- $500