Pacific Musical Society's annual competition — the organization's 102nd — is coming up on May 26 in the San Francisco Conservatory, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. The schedule calls for instrumental performances from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; pianists from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.; and vocalists from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Twenty-five young artists, ages 8-25, drawn from 13 Bay Area counties, compete for over $20,000 in prize money in the three categories.
Judges for the competition are pianist Ruth Slenczynska, mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, opera director Lotfi Mansouri, soprano Olivia Stapp, and conductor Michael Morgan.
The winners' concert and awards ceremony will be held on June 5, beginning at 6 p.m., in association with Music at Kohl Mansion in Burlingame's Kohl Mansion.