The Walter W. Naumburg Foundation sponsors competitions and provides awards for young classical musicians in North America. It was founded in 1925 by Walter Naumburg, a wealthy amateur cellist. Classical music in its widest sense is held to refer to music deriving from learned traditions, taught through institutions either specifically devoted to music (e. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Alternate meaning: Cello web browser A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The cello (also violoncello or cello) is a stringed instrument and part of the violin family. ...

The Naumburg competitions were originally for solo piano, voice, violin and cello. Awards for composer commissions and recordings were added in 1946. An annual chamber music ensemble competition began in 1972. Competitions for conductors and for viola, flute and clarinet have also been added. In music, solo means to play or sing alone. ... A baby grand piano, with the lid up. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... A violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Chamber music is a form of classical music, written for a small group of instruments which traditionally could be accommodated in a palace chamber. ... See Conductor for other possible uses of the word. ... A viola The viola (in French, alto; in German bratsche) is a stringed musical instrument played with a bow which serves as the middle voice of the violin family, between the upper lines played by the higher violin (soprano register) and the lower lines played by the deeper cello (bass... The Flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bb clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ...

References

• Mann, Robert, "The Naumburg Competition at 60", New York Times, 1985-10-27. Retrieved on 2006-05-28.