This month, the Broomfield Symphony Orchestra will present a show highlighting the winners of its annual Young Artists Competition.

The orchestra — which has been in the city and county since the early ’80s and is comprised of non-professional area musicians who gather for the love of music — will play a show with two of the Front Range’s best young artists.

Mariel Bochner is a violinist and one of the winners of the annual competition. She said she’s been playing the violin for almost 13 years.

“(When I was little) I started on an empty granola bar box with a ruler stuck in it so I could learn my position, and I’ve just been playing ever since then,” she said.

Bochner, a sophomore at D’Evelyn High School in the Denver area, said since she’s typically playing at studio recitals with little accompaniment, she’s always excited for opportunities to play with orchestras.

“This is really only my second kind of big performance with an orchestra,” she said. “But I love having that big sound behind me — it’s so much fun.”

Bochner said the piece she’s performing in Broomfield — “Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82,” by Russian composer Alexander Glazunov — is one she’s excited to share with the audience. She describes the piece as a romantic hidden gem.

She said after high school, she plans to continue her musical career and hopes to become a violin soloist.

The upcoming show will also highlight Young Artist Competition winner and cellist Alexander Peterson.

“My parents are professional musicians … so I was forced to start playing an instrument when I was 2,” Peterson said. “I started on the violin like my dad, but I always wanted to play the cello and switched over when I was 6.”

Although he was originally inspired to make the switch by the impressive size of the instrument and not wanting to play the same instrument as his dad, he said he’s only grown to appreciate more and more about the cello over time.“In my opinion, the cello has the richest sound of all the instruments, and that’s what I really enjoy about it,” he said.

Peterson will be playing “Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85,” by Edward Elgar.

“(Elgar’s music) wins competitions a lot, but I’ve always loved it because it was the first concerto I ever heard performed live by a cellist,” he said.

“It’s always had a special place for me.”

Peterson is a senior at Kent Denver and plans to continue playing cello after graduation.

The show highlighting Peterson and Bochner is May 24 in the Broomfield Auditorium, 3 Community Park Road.

Adult tickets are $25 and can be purchased at broomfieldsymphony.org.