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(Updated September 22, 2025)
Hershey Symphony Young Artist Competition Opens for Submissions October 1
The Hershey Symphony is proud to open applications for the 2026 Young Artist Competition on October 1, 2025. The competition is open to all students enrolled in grades 7 through 11 during the 2025-26 school year who reside or attend school in the following counties in Pennsylvania: Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York. Those who have entered our competition in the past are encouraged to compete again (past winners are excluded).
Entrants should prepare one movement of any concerto for solo instrument (including operatic voice) written with orchestral accompaniment. Competitors chosen for the finals are responsible for bringing their own piano accompanists.
Those selected as finalists for live audition will play in the finals before a panel of highly qualified professionals in late March, 2026, at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. The winner will be announced that day.
The winner will receive the $1,000 William & Ruth Cagnoli Award and will perform their concerto with the Hershey Symphony Orchestra during the orchestra’s 2025-26 season, which commences Fall 2025.
For more information, visit https://hersheysymphony.org/hershey-symphony-yac/
3/6/26
HEART SONGS
Saturday, November 15, 2025 10 am – Noon
A FREE MUSIC EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OF ALL AGES AND THEIR FAMILIES
Participants will enjoy a variety of musical activities such as singing, playing instruments, moving, creating music and listening to music, led by Cairn University education majors, directed by the program chair, Debbie Lynn Wolf, Ph.D.
Register for this program before October 24th by emailing Dr. Debbie Lynn Wolf at dwolf@cairn.edu with HEARTSONGS as the subject and include the following information: Student’s name/age, accommodations required, and names/ages of other family members attending.
Cairn University
Chalets Chapel
200 Manor Avenue
Langhorne, PA 19047