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CONGRATULATIONS to the 2013 Grand Prize Winner,
PROJECT FUSION (saxophone quartet)!

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Plowman Chamber Music Competition is now a biennial event, to take place on odd number years. The 7th Plowman Competition will be held Spring 2015 in Columbia, Missouri.

In collaboration with Mizzou New Music Initiative (MNMI) at the MU School of Music, 2013 Plowman Competition was also a 5-day Festival, featuring master classes, concerts and lectures by internationally acclaimed guests and musicians, including pianist Frederic Chiu, composers Don Freund and Stefan Freund, horn professor Randy Gardner, The Verdehr Trio (celebrating their 40th this season), cellist Peter Wiley with pianist Anna Polonsky. For complete and most current schedule, CLICK HERE.

Details are updated as they become available. The next competition application will be available in Fall 2014. In the meantime, feel free to contact us with any questions you may have about the competition.

The 2013 Plowman Competition Judges were:
  • Frederic Chiu, piano
  • Randy Gardner, horn - University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory / Philadelphia Orchestra (1975-1997)
  • Peter Wiley, cello - Beaux Arts Trio (1987 -1998) & Guarneri String Quartet (2001-2009) /  The Curtis Institute

2013 Plowman Chamber Music Competition & Festival
was generously sponsored by

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