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Plowman Chamber Music Competition
Overview
Biennial chamber music competition and festival in Columbia, Missouri, for non-professional ensembles. About 15 invited ensembles compete in a semi-final round followed by a finals concert.
- Organiser
- Plowman Chamber Music Competition & Festival
- Instruments
- Piano and strings, Winds, brass and percussion
- Category
- Piano chamber music, Tuba & euphonium, Percussion
- Age limits
- Non-professional musicians
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
Not published on the official pages we could check.Rounds & time limits
- Semi-final (about 15 ensembles)
- Finals concert
Repertoire
Not published on the official pages we could check.Jury & prizes
Jury
- 2025: Edward Auer
- Ida Kavafian
- Chien-Kwan Lin
Prizes
- Grand Prize USD 5,000 plus Odyssey Award
- First Prize in each category USD 2,500
- Two honorable mentions USD 1,000
- Audience prize USD 500
Past editions
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source