Semper Pro Musica Competition

Only Baylor students may compete. See Guidelines for more info.

Solo Guidelines

Chamber Guidelines

2022 Winners

Soloists:

• Sylvia Jones – soprano
• Cezary Karwowski – piano
• Max Winningham – double bass

Chamber Ensemble:

• Fest Quartet (Darren Carter, violin; Elise Maas, violin; Freyn Downey, viola; Samuel Day, cello)

Organ:

• Chase Douthit

The solo and chamber competition winners will perform at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, an elegant and intimate performance venue where many young musicians make their New York debuts. Chase Douthit will perform at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25, sharing the concert with Dr. Isabelle Demers at The Brick Presbyterian Church (click here for a video of the performance).

2019 Winners

Soloists (alphabetical by last name):

• Josh Blessing, marimba
• John-Micah Braswell, piano
• Javier Castro, flute
• Megan Gackle, mezzo-soprano
• Nathan Little, trumpet
• Matthew Newhouse, tenor

Chamber Ensembles (alphabetical by ensemble name):

• Eighth Position (Nick Halbig, Connor Wooley, Dawson Ward, Adele Fuqua, Nathan Taylor, Derek Moseley, Nathan Stanfield, Jonathan Passmore)
• Flute Fleet (Javier Castro, Felicity Fulton, Jessica Peacock, Caleb Estrada Valentín)