Students aged 8-14 prepare concerto movements for the competition and the winners play for their peers at the Fall Youth Concerts.

High school students from across the state compete, and the four finalists appear with John DeMain and the MSO in a free concert in Overture Hall before a live audience. Wisconsin Public Radio and Wisconsin Public Television broadcast Wisconsin Young Artists Compete: The Final Forte throughout the state, and the winners perform for their peers
at the Spring Young People's Concerts.