Jake Thonis Winner of 2012 Walden Chamber Players Young Artist Competition
May 18, 2012
The Walden Chamber Players is pleased to announce that 18 year-old bassoonist
Jake  Thonis is the winner of the 2012 Walden Chamber Players Young Artist competition. As the winner of the competition, Jake will receive a $ 500 cash-prize and join the Walden Chamber Players in a performance of the Quartet in C major for Bassoon and strings by François Devienne in a public concert at the Andover Newton Theological School in the fall of 2012.
Jake Thonis has played bassoon for 6 years and attends the Walnut Hill School, where he studies with Janet Underhill. He plays in the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra, and Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble. He has performed on the From The Top radio program with the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra and was a finalist in the 2011 Boston Youth Symphony Concerto Competition and the 2012 Williams Chorale Bacardi Fallon Scholarship Competition.
The competition is held annually to promote and encourage young musicians from the Greater Boston area interested in the performance and study of chamber music. The winner performs in a public concert with the Walden Chamber Players and receives a cash prize. The competition is open to string or woodwind players who have not yet completed high school. The Walden Chamber Players Young Artist Competition is uniquely designed to encourage young musicians with an interest in chamber music. The competition consists of two rounds. Contestants who advance to the final round play an assigned chamber music work with members of the Walden Chamber Players. The contestants are not judged only on their technical and musical ability but also on their ability to play and work within a group. The final round is held at Lasell Village and is open to the public.
The Walden Chamber Players wishes to thank Johnson String Instrument of Newton, MA, for its generous sponsorship of the 2012 Young Artist Competition.
Walden Chamber Players is comprised of thirteen dynamic artists in various combinations of string, piano, and wind ensembles. The wide variety of instrumental groupings possible with this ensemble allows for great versatility and eclectic programming, a hallmark of the Walden Chamber Players. Founded in 1997, the Walden Chamber Players present educational curricula and concerts in a format that highlights the belief that music is the human experience translated into sound.
Please visit www.waldenchamberplayers.org for more information.
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