Submissions

Thanks to everyone who submitted their performance to Minnesota Varsity! Our Editorial Team was amazed at the incredibly high level of talent across the state. You can hear all the recordings by clicking on the map below, or sorting through the table beneath it.

Listen to all of the submissions

Showcase Round Artists

These 5 artists have been selected by you — and our judges — to appear at the Fitzgerald Theater on April 29th at 4 p.m. Each Showcase Artist will receive a cash prize of $1,000 through the generosity of an anonymous donor.

Aria Stiles

Bryan Duerfeldt

Osip Nikiforov

Sarah Tako

Simon Blaine-Sauer

Showcase Honorable Mention

Aaron Fagerstrom

Thief River Falls

Featured Round Artists

Fifteen entrants have been chosen by MPR Judges for Minnesota Varsity's Featured Round. MPR engineers will travel around the state to make a professional recording of these artists' performances, which will then be heard on Classical MPR, on air and online.

Aaron Fagerstrom	Thief River Falls	piano
Aria Stiles	Apple Valley	violin
Briana Moynihan	Red Wing	vocal soloist
Bryan Duerfeldt	Bloomington	alto recorder
Daniel Piering	Plymouth	vocal soloist
Ellen Christensen	Edina	vocal soloist
Heather Cornelius	Paynesville	harp
John Belk	Maple Grove	cello
Jonathan Mattson	Rochester	piano
Karen Baumgartner	Roseville	flute
Nora Doyle	Minneapolis	cello
Osip Nikiforov	Faribault	piano
Sarah Tako	Stillwater	bassoon
Simon Blaine-Sauer	Minneapolis	piano
Take 4 String Quartet	St. Paul	String Quartet

Featured Honorable Mention

Alia Gribbon

Duluth

All Submissions

Performer	City	Instrument
Aaron Fagerstrom	Thief River Falls	piano
Aria Stiles	Apple Valley	violin
Briana Moynihan	Red Wing	vocal soloist
Bryan Duerfeldt	Bloomington	alto recorder
Daniel Piering	Plymouth	vocal soloist
Ellen Christensen	Edina	vocal soloist
Heather Cornelius	Paynesville	harp
John Belk	Maple Grove	cello
Jonathan Mattson	Rochester	piano
Karen Baumgartner	Roseville	flute
Nora Doyle	Minneapolis	cello
Osip Nikiforov	Faribault	piano
Sarah Tako	Stillwater	bassoon
Simon Blaine-Sauer	Minneapolis	piano
Take 4 String Quartet	St. Paul	String Quartet
Abigail Petersen	Andover	vocal soloist
Aditi Gupta	Minnetonka	marimba
Alia Gribbon	Duluth	violin
Anders Cornell	Plymouth	viola
Andrew Heriot	Golden Valley	piano
Andrew Horning	Savage	guitar
Andrew Rehayem	Maple Grove	trumpet
Anna Berntson	Eden Prairie	violin
Ariana Newman	Plymouth	vocal soloist
Arianna Wegley	Robbinsdale	cello
Benjamin Feikema	Edgerton	cello
Ben Cline	Farmington	Alto Saxophone
Berett Steffen	Spicer	French horn
Blake Kaner	Rosemount	tenor trombone
Brandon Chapman	Rosemount	oboe
Brayden Drevlow	Thief River Falls	piano
Brett Drevlow	Thief River Falls	double bass
Brett Drevlow	Thief River Falls	piano
Brianna Drevlow	Thief River Falls	piano
Brittany Roth	Woodbury	clarinet
Caleb Anderson	Long Prairie	double bass, percussion, vocal
Caroline Krause	Eden Prairie	piano
Cason Sjerven	Duluth	piano
Claire Hoffert	Two Harbors	vocal soloist
Claudia Finsaas	New London	vocal soloist
Colin Lieb	Cologne	marimba
Como HS Chamber Orchestra	St. Paul	string ensemble
Courtney Boeckman	Rosemount	vocal soloist
David Gonzalez-Dysinger	North Oaks	piano
Elizabeth Flemming	Savage	vocal soloist
Elza Thayer	Shorewood	vocal soloist
Emi Chen	New Hope	vocal soloist
Emily Nyberg	Shoreview	vocal soloist
Emily Rudquist	Deer River	piano
Emily Smith	North Mankato	violin
Eric Sargent	Minnetonka	vocal soloist
Esther Baumgartner	Roseville	clarinet
Evan Wilson	Hackensack	vocal soloist
Ezra Grothe	Thief River Falls	trumpet
Francesca Dawis	Minneapolis	vocal soloist
Francesca Dawis	Minneapolis	Violin
Grace Pauly	Dassel	vocal soloist
Grace Roepke	Chanhassen	harp
Ioana Ciuta	Roseville	viola
Isaac Johnson	Pine Island	trombone
Isaac Maier	Forest Lake	cello
Jiyoon Shin	Austin	violin
Johanna Ruby	Faribault	vocal soloist
Joseph Kangas	Woodbury	piano
Josh Eidsor	Shoreview	Chemnitzer concertina
Julia Holter	Rochester	flute
Julie Griep	St. Paul	flute
Karl Buttermann	Mahtomedi	vocal soloist
Kathryn Ravey	Eden Prairie	vocal soloist
Kelwen Peng	Edina	piano
Kendra Sobania	Little Falls	violin
Kenneth Wicklund	Crystal	vocal soloist
Kiko Laureano	Plymouth	vocal soloist
Luther Warren	New Brighton	violin
Lydia Sadoff	St. Paul	clarinet
Madeline Bloom	Eden Prairie	vocal soloist
Marisa Sanford	Walker	vocal soloist
Mary Alice Hutton	Bloomington	violin
Mary Traxler	Mankato	piano
Matthew Benbenek	Minneapolis	violin
McKinley Swift	Chanhassen	vocal soloist
Meg Maurer	Forest Lake	Piano
Melia Willoughby	Elk River	harp
Melissa Deal	Bloomington	Violin
Melissa Schuweiler	Preston	vocal soloist
Michael Davis	Bloomington	piano
Michael Pearce, Dan Piering	Wayzata	vocal soloist, cello
Michael Thompson	Karlstad	trumpet
Mikaela Kase	Cambridge	vocal soloist
Natalie Alper-Leroux	Mahtomedi	viola
Nina Grollman	Moorhead	vocal soloist
Preston Weber	Pierz MN	oboe
Ryan Fargo	Eden Prairie	vocal soloist
Sabbastian Wilson-Webb	Walker	vocal soloist
Sam Weigel	Oronoco	vocal soloist
Samantha Woog	Rochester	bassoon
Samuel Calvo Rosenstone	Minneapolis	piano
Sara Chaffee-Bates	Hackensack	vocal soloist
Serena Rae Stoeck	Alexandria	piano
Shyanne Kaml	Bemidji	vocal soloist
Solveig Lange	Albert Lea	violin
Sound of Strings Ensemble (5 violins)	Duluth	violin ensemble
Spencer Brand	Alexandria	trumpet
Struzzo Trio	Roseville	trio ensemble
Tashi Tsering	Stillwater	piano
The Eden Duo	Eden Prairie	Clarinet, Piano
The MacPhail Brass Quintet	Minneapolis	brass quintet
Trevor Bunce	Maple Grove	vocal soloist
Trudy Johnson	Pelican Rapids	French horn
Two Harbors HS Men's Barbershop Quartet	Two Harbors	vocal quartet
Youngjun Park	Shoreview	clarinet
Yuki Hirai	Brainerd	violin
Zachary Ploeger	Pipestone	piano