2024 WollCon Concerto Competition

Attention WollCon Music students... 

Register here to enter the 2024 Concerto Competition. It is FREE to enter.

On checking out, the system will ask you for information about the student and the piece to be performed.

Participants will perform one movement of a concerto or piece for solo instrument and orchestra.
The Concerto Competition is open to advanced WollCon students Grade 7 and above.

Students MUST seek approval from the music teacher before registering - and discuss which piece to play.
PLEASE NOTE: Entries close 5pm Monday 25 November.

Who is this year's adjudicator?
Acclaimed pianist and Head of the Central Coast Conservatorium’s Piano Department, Carl Schmidt, who has performed all around the world – from European palaces to the iconic Sydney Opera House. Concerts have ranged from intimate recitals for diplomats to grand choral masterpieces with full orchestra. In addition to his classical background, Carl enjoys listening to, and playing, music from many different genres.

“Much like appetite changes, so does my musical mood. I have a very eclectic taste in music and on my commute up and down the freeway I can be listening to anything from Rachmaninoff concertos to Elton John,” says Carl. In fact, it wasn’t until he was eight that Carl, who was born and raised on the NSW Central Coast, took to the piano after finding his mother’s old records of the Chopin Etudes. “My mum played the piano a bit, but both parents were not really musicians. My great grandmother however, apparently played piano for the old silent movies back in England,” he says.

It was always Carl’s childhood dream to study and perform in Europe, and after graduating with 1st class honours from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music he went on to complete a Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatory of The Netherlands. He has also regularly appeared as soloist and member of various ensembles around the world and is an accomplished accompanist, chamber musician, and a senior piano examiner for the Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB).