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Baroque on Beaver Young Soloist Competition

Also Baroque Young Soloist Competition

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Summary

The Baroque on Beaver Young Soloist Competition is a festival-linked program for young aspiring classical musicians from Michigan. A post-season account calls the 2025 instance its third competition and records cellist Violet Weizer as its concerto soloist with the Festival Orchestra.1

The official 2026 page says the winner would be invited to perform with the Festival Orchestra and receive rehearsal and stagecraft coaching from associate conductor Nathan Bieber; it advertised a $750 winner’s prize and $250 prizes for two runners-up. Those are program statements as accessed, not evidence that the 2026 contest proceeded or that awards were granted.2

Open questions

  • When did the competition begin, and who were its first and second winners?
  • What are the official eligibility, adjudication, repertoire, and prize rules?
  • Can final programs verify every winner’s concerto performance?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Matthew Thomas, Northern Islander, October 2025, BIPAA season review. ↩

  2. Baroque on Beaver, official competition description, accessed 3 August 2026. ↩

Sources

  1. Matthew Thomas, “Beaver Island Performing Arts Alliance – Our 24th Season in Review,” Northern Islander, October 2025.
    Post-season report calls 2025 the third Young Soloist Competition and identifies cellist Violet Weizer as the hosted concerto soloist with the Festival Orchestra. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    charlevoix · northern_islander_2025.10
  2. Current page describes the competition's stated Michigan-young-musician purpose, 2026 performance opportunity, stagecraft coaching by Nathan Bieber, and advertised prizes. It is current program copy, not proof of a completed 2026 competition.

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Baroque on Beaver Young Soloist Competition”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/baroque-on-beaver-young-soloist-competition/, accessed [date], citing Matthew Thomas, “Beaver Island Performing Arts Alliance – Our 24th Season in Review,” Northern Islander, October 2025. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

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