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Tennessee Cello Workshop Competitions
Next edition
- Edition
- 2027
- Dates
- 12-14 February 2027
- Location
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Registration deadline
- 15 January 2027, 11:59 pm
- Fee
- USD 42 / USD 90
Source: music.utk.edu
Overview
Annual cello competition held during the Tennessee Cello Workshop in Knoxville, with Junior, High School and Collegiate/Young Professional divisions plus a non-competitive Un-competition. Entrants register for the workshop and pay a separate entry fee.
- Organiser
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, School of Music (Tennessee Cello Workshop)
- Instruments
- Cello
- Category
- Solo cello
- Age limits
- Junior: 14 and under; Senior High School: 15-18 (not yet graduated); Collegiate/Young Professional: 17-25 (age on 12 Feb 2027)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
- Register for the workshop and mark the competition option by 15 January 2027 at 23:59. Pay participation and competition charges online. Bring proof of age, required Friday evening for finalists. Age on 12 February: Junior ≤14, High School 15–18 and still in high school, Collegiate/Young Professional 17–25, UN-competition any age. Eligible younger players may enter an older division and use its repertoire. Former first-prize winners cannot re-enter the same division. Public checklist does not list letters.
Rounds & time limits
Junior programme · three set works
- Dall’Abaco Capriccio No. 1 in C minor from memory; Amy Beach Mazurka Op. 40 No. 3; complete Sammartini Sonata in G (Suzuki Vol. 8).
High School programme · three set works
- Lecuona Córdoba from Mosaic Music Anthology Vol. 1; Allegretto from Shostakovich Concerto No. 1 Op. 107 from memory; Beethoven Judas Maccabäus Variations WoO 45 omitting variations 1–3.
Collegiate programme · four items
- Schumann Concerto first movement and coda: bars 1–263, then rehearsal W to end, from memory. One Popper étude No. 4, 9 or 29 from memory. Saygun Partita Op. 31 Lento and Vivo. Beethoven Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen Variations in F, omit variations 3 and 7.
Live preliminary and final · 12 and 14 February
- Preliminary from 09:00 Friday without piano, using the listed division repertoire; up to three finalists per competitive division perform in Sunday morning public recital. The published page does not specify separate required titles for the final. UN-competition: up to 12 minutes free choice with feedback.
Source: Official age divisions and set repertoire · Online registration and fees
Jury & prizes
Jury
Not published on the official pages we could check.Prizes
- Junior: USD 500 / 300 / 200
- High School: USD 750 / 500 / 250 plus one-year cello loan for 1st
- Collegiate/Young Professional: USD 2,000 / 1,000 / 500 plus one-year cello loan for 1st
- All finalists: USD 100 scholarship toward 2028 workshop
Past editions
Not published on the official pages we could check.Summarised from official sources, last checked 14 Nov 2026. Main source