Competitions

The Utah ASTA now organizes a state competition each year alternating between a solo competition and chamber music competition.

Please join us for the Utah ASTA State Solo Competition 2024!


2021 Chamber Competition Winners
Junior Category:
First Prize: Gloria String Quartet (Logan Purser viola, Eliza Heart violin, Sarah Kendell violin, Kiersten Schuab, cello)
Second Prize: Waterford String Quartet #3 (Esme Smith violin, Adrian Walker violin, Nathan Kwon viola, Avery Carlson cello)
Honorable Mention: Purser Duo (Logan Purser viola, Blake Purser cello)

Senior Category:
First Prize: Synchrony String Quartet (Emma Thackeray violin, Sidney Tovey violin, Caitlyn Curry viola, Lauren Roberts cello)
Second Prize: BYU Honors String Quartet (Anna Pronk violin, Parker Gardner violin, Michaela West viola, Miriam Henderson cello)
Honorable Mention: Beethoven Ravel Quartet (Emily McMurtrey violin, Spencer Lyle violin, Jack Johnson viola, Kaitlin Booth cello)


2021 State Solo Competition Winners

College Category: 

First Prize: Rebekah Willey, violin

Second Prize: Kimberly Lewin, cello

Honorable Mention: Hannah Bradshaw, viola

Pre-College Category: 

First Prize: Sarah Kendell, violin

Second Prize: Ezekial Sokoloff, violin

Honorable Mention: Emma Moulton, harp & Logan Purser, viola