Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition

The Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition alternates each year between oboe and bassoon and is for players who have not reached their 22nd birthday by the date of the final round of the competition.

2022 Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition for Oboe Repertoire:

The repertoire for the 2022 Norma Hooks Young Artist Oboe Competition was selected by the NHYAC Advisory Committee, Celeste Johnson, chair, Yiu Song Lam and Lora Schafer.

2022 Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition for Oboe Preliminary Round Judges:

Advisory committee: Chair: Celeste Johnson / Committee members: Yiu Song Lam & Lora Schaefer

• Hassan Anderson, Assistant Professor of Oboe and Coordinator of Teaching Artistry, University of South Carolina (USA)
• Vivana Salcedo, Assistant Principal Oboe, National Symphony Orchestra of Colombia; Oboe Professor, Pontifical Xavierian University and Central University, Bogotá (Colombia)
• Christian Wetzel, , Professor of Oboe at the “Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln“ , Conservatory of Music and Dance, Cologne (Germany)

To be considered, all application materials must be submitted on or before March 15, 2022.

All applicants and contestants shall perform from an edition of the published printed music. Performing from illegally printed copies of any form will immediately disqualify that contestant. Legal copyright for any composition shall be determined and enforced based on the copyright laws of the United States of America, regardless of place of purchase. The use of e-tablets will be allowed only when the contestant can show (by having the original music or a receipt of purchase thereof) that they have previously obtained the published printed music prior to scanning it into the tablet.