2025 Tennessee Cello Workshop Competition

The Natalie Haslam College of Music’s Tennessee Cello Workshop is offering four levels of competition for the upcoming 2025 event:
1. Junior Division: cellists age 14 and younger.
2. Senior High School Division: cellists age 15 through 18, and not yet graduated from high school.
3. Collegiate / Young Professional Division: age 17 through 25.
UN-competition category: any age or level. This division is for anyone–from adult amateur to young cellist–who would like the experience of preparing for the competition, and performing for the panel of faculty jurors, without the competition element in the equation.
Aside from the registering for the 2025 Tennessee Cello Workshop, individuals will pay a competition registration fee of $30 for the Junior, High School, and Uncompetition, and $60 for the Collegiate division.

The competition rewards are as follows:
All finalists: recital performance on final day of the 2025 Tennessee Cello Workshop.
All finalists: $100 Scholarship towards the 2026 Tennessee Cello Workshop.
Junior High School division prizes
First prize $500, Second prize $300, Third prize $200
High School Division
First prize $750, Second prize $500, Third prize $250
First prize winner also receives a one-year loan of an excellent modern American cello. Prize donated by Brobst Violin Shop.
Collegiate/Young Professional Division:
First prize $3000, Second prize $1500, Third prize $750
First prize winner also receives a one-year loan of an excellent modern American cello. Prize donated by Brobst Violin Shop.
Special Prize: A master Cello bow by Sarah Bystrom.
Bow maker Sarah Bystrom is graciously sponsoring the special prize: a professional cello bow made exclusively for this competition, to be awarded to a finalist from one of the three competitive divisions, based on both demonstrated artistic excellence and need for a more excellent cello bow. This prize is meant to provide a young cellist a needed tool to aid them in their instrumental and musical growth.