HSO Young Artist Competition

Now in its 29th year, the Young Artist Competition is open to musicians in grades 9-12 who live

in Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison,

McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties in North Carolina or

who are members in good standing in the Hendersonville Symphony Youth Orchestra.

The 2025 Young Artist Competition will be held on Sunday February 16th, 2025 at Freeburg Pianos, in Hendersonville, NC


With the very generous support of the event sponsors, awards for the  winners include:

First Place: $1000

Second Place: $600

Third Place: $400


The 2024 Competition Finalists