Applications are currently closed for the Harlan Duenow Young Artist Concerto Competition.
The Harlan Duenow Young Artist Concerto Competition and Scholarship is a competition hosted by the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra for high school and college instrumentalists in the state of North Carolina. The scholarship is named in honor of the orchestra’s longest serving conductor, the late Harlan Duenow. The competition is open to different instrumentalists each year. The 2022-2023 season will be open to woodwinds, brass, and percussion. All applicants must compete on a piece chosen from our pre-approved list of solos for their respective instrument.
The winner of the competition will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize and the chance to perform their solo piece with the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra on their side-by-side concert.
Applicants must be a full-time legal resident of North Carolina or a military family member stationed in North Carolina.
2021-2022 Harlan Duenow Young Artist Concerto Winners
Gavin Hardy is a high school double bassist from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He began playing the double bass at the age of 12. He started his journey as a string musician playing the violin and cello, but after hearing the warm, resonant, and powerful sound of the double bass, he was hooked.
During his time in middle school, he was first chair of the Forsyth County “All County” Orchestra for two years straight. After playing the national anthem on the double bass before a basketball game in 8th grade, the video went viral, and through this, he was connected to professor Paul Sharpe at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. After the first lesson with Sharpe, all of his lessons were over Zoom due to Covid-19. Nevertheless, he recorded a successful audition tape for the National Youth Orchestra’s NYO2 ensemble, and attended there this past summer.
Due to an injury, Gavin Hardy will no longer be performing with us on this program.
Zirui Yin started playing the piano at the age of 6. He grew up in Shanghai, China and will graduate from Duke University in 2025. He is now a student of Professor Ieva Jokubaviciute. His former instructor is Professor Setsuko Shima from Nanjing University of Arts.
Dennis J. Malloy, violist, is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied with Sheila Browne. During his studies at UNCSA, Mr. Malloy was an active chamber and orchestral musician, playing in various large ensembles, such as the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra and the UNCSA Opera Orchestra, where he has sat principal under the direction of Jamie Allbritten, Chancellor John Mauceri and Ransom Wilson. Mr. Malloy has sat principal violist with The Little Symphony of Forsyth County and has substituted with the Salem Community Orchestra. Currently, Mr. Malloy is a member of the viola section in the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Stefan Sanders.
