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About Satori Strings Contest

Join us in Arcadia, CA during the last weekend of June each year Satori

Strings Contest open to young musicians up to the age of 19, the finest players

in over 150 performing categories will take home the prestigious Satori

trophy.  Contest areas include Prodigy, Open, Qualified and Jr. Qualified

categories as well as small ensemble contests, Baroque and American music

specialties.  Separate sections for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass are

further divided into specific age groups.  The top four finishers in each

category and age group will take home a beautiful commemorative trophy. 

Winners in the Collegiate and Prodigy categories may advance to the grand

prize contest.  Entry fees start at $20 per category.  Contact Satori Strings for

more information and your free entry package. Entry forms are also available

at Amac Violin Center as well as through your private music teacher or local

Satori retail location.

 

Adjudication Panel

The Satori Strings Contest adjudication panel is composed of independent and

neutral professional judges and teachers. Each is a highly respected and

distinguished leader in the field of strings education and performance.

Coordinated by Shirley Cornell and Israel Baker , the judging panel includes a

variety of high profile Southern California master artists and teachers.

Ms. Shirley Cornell is a well known and respected performer in Los Angeles

studios and concert halls. Her performances on the Tonight Show,

appearances with luminaries such as Bob Hope and Frank Sinatra, film

composer Lalo Schifrin, work with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Universal

Amphitheater, and Ahmanson Theater compliment many years as a master

teacher and professional adjudicator of music competitions.

Mr. Israel Baker is a Los Angeles legend. A colleague of the great Jascha

Heifetz, Mr. Baker has carved his own place high in the pantheon of stage and

studio violin masters. Mr. Baker has worked with the likes of Barbra Streisand,

Frank Sinatra, Celine Dion, Quincy Jones, and Ella Fitzgerald to name only a

few.

 

Adjudicators in the Satori Strings Contest are degreed professionals affiliated

with prestigious institutions such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the

University of Southern California and others. Each adjudicator brings a wealth

of experience teaching and working with young students.

 

The underlying goal of the adjudication panel is not only to rank performers

and determine a winner, but more importantly to provide a pleasant and non-

intimidating educational experience, fostering the growth and advancement of

young musicians. By freely sharing their expertise, adjudicators offer

participants ways to better themselves as performers and as people.

 

We are truly fortunate to have such deeply treasured artists and teachers to

evaluate each Satori Strings Contest performance. Each contestant can be

assured of the highest quality evaluation which is both constructive and

rewarding.

 

This is a unique opportunity for young players to be seen, heard and evaluated

by some of the finest names in the industry. We at Satori Strings are very

proud and grateful to our judges for lending their expertise to these emerging

young artists.