Every year, Timpview’s most musical seniors compete in the Concerto/Aria competition.
These students spend up to a year picking and prepping a piece that showcases their chosen instrument. If they win, they’ll perform their piece at various concerts throughout the year with accompaniment from the Chamber Orchestra or the Wind Symphony.
Winning this competition aids in getting a Music Academic Letter, Music Sterling Scholar, or other music related scholarships. It is often the first step for these students as many prepare for their collegiate and professional musical journey.
Typically, eight winners are chosen, with six Concertos and two Arias. This year, however, only seven winners were chosen, with five Concertos and two Arias. Even more interesting, two of the Concertos went to the same person, an event that has only happened a couple of times in the competition’s history.
This year, we can look forward to a violin Concerto, a cello Concerto, a baritone saxophone Concerto, a bassoon Concerto, a piano Concerto, and two vocal Arias.
Jane Church – Vocal
Jane Church sings, plays piano, and is beginning to learn the guitar. She’s been singing for 10 years, including private lessons in the past year and a half. She took Sorelle Voce as a freshman, A Cappella as a sophomore, and is in her second year in Madrigals, along with taking AP Music Theory. She chose to prepare an Aria because she “love[s] singing and felt the most confident in [her] vocal abilities rather than with any other instrument.” Church’s Aria is entitled “Se tu M’ami” by Alessandro Parisotti.
Ashlyn Healey – Vocal
Ashlyn Healey sings and plays the piano. She’s “been singing from a very young age, [her] whole family loves to sing and it has been highly encouraged by all of [her] family members to sing as much as possible.” She’s been a member of Sorelle Voce, A Cappella, and is currently in Madrigals. Healey’s love of singing pushed her to prepare an Aria, and the Aria is entitled “I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady.
Adelaide Wingate – Violin
Adelaide Wingate plays violin, piano, and she sings. She’s been a member of A Cappella, Philharmonic Orchestra, and is currently in Madrigals, Chamber Orchestra, and AP Music Theory. She chose to audition on the violin because she “felt like it most accurately reflected the hard work [she’s] done for so long to prepare for this.” Rightfully so, because she’s been playing the violin for exactly a decade! Beyond feeling her strongest on violin, Wingate also “wanted to represent the string world in [her] audition since there were so few of [them] auditioning.” She will be playing “Hejre Kari” by Jeno Hubay for her Concerto.
Liam Packard – Baritone Saxophone
Liam Packard plays baritone saxophone and snare drum. He’s been in Symphonic Band, Chamber Orchestra, Provo City Indoor Percussion, AP Music Theory, and is currently a member of the Jazz Band and the snare section leader for the Marching Band. Packard chose to audition on the bari sax because he felt it was “the instrument that [he’s] best at and can best express [himself] with”, having played it for six years. For his Concerto, he will be playing “Vongole!” by Satoshi Yagisawa.
Katherine Gal – Piano
Katherine Gal plays piano, but “[she’s] only taken AP Music Theory here at Timpview.” She’s a dancer, dancing since she was 5 years old, from competition dance to ballet focused training, and eventually to being a member of the Dance Company. This made her an unexpected victor and that much more impressive because of it! She’s been playing piano for about 6 years, and for her Concerto, Gal will be playing “Piano Concerto in A minor, op. 16” by Edvard Grieg.
Jeremiah Gunter – Cello and Bassoon
Jeremiah Gunter plays “everything [he] can get [his] hands on.” Some of his main instruments include bassoon, cello, percussion, trumpet, piano, and he sings. He’s been a member of A Cappella, Madrigals, Wind Symphony, Advanced Percussion, and is currently in Marching Band, Chamber Orchestra and AP Music Theory. He decided to audition on multiple instruments, choosing cello and bassoon because “they are the ones that [he] felt that [he] had the biggest chance on, and that [he] had had the most experience in,” having played cello since fifth grade and bassoon since seventh. Gunter will be playing “Cello Concerto in D minor” by Eduard Lalo and “Bassoon Concerto in F Major” by Carl Maria von Weber.
Huge congratulations to all our winners! If you’re not a music nerd, you may not realize the amount of talent these students possess or the amount of effort they put into this, but trust me when I tell you how seriously impressive this is. Make sure you come to at least one of these performances, they’re not something you want to miss!
