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Barnett Chamber Music Competition

March 15
A close up shot of a cello being played.

The fourteenth annual A.N. and Pearl G. Barnett Chamber Music Competition will be held on Sunday, March 15, 2025, in Anne & Howard Gottlieb Hall at Merit School of Music in Chicago.

The competition is open to musicians aged 18 and under with two divisions:

  • Strings and Piano
  • Winds, Brass, and Percussion

Contestants will be competing for $11,000 in cash prizes. There are prizes for winners in each of the two divisions, as well as an award for the overall winner. There is also a special award for the top finishing group from Merit School of Music.

The Barnett Chamber Music Competition is free and open to the public. 

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