2000 Composition Contest

Anna Walker, second prize, piano composition; Jessie Pounds, first prize, cello composition (2000)

Three young musicians have shown outstanding abilities to compose music. Seven non-involved Music Arts faculty members judged, by fairly close margins:

• Jessie Pounds, picture at right, standing on the right, was first prize winner of the annual Composition Contest, with her composition for solo cello.
• Anna Walker was second prize winner, with a composition for piano.
• Tarik Umar, not pictured, was awarded third prize for his piano composition. The contest was judged by eight faculty members who did not have students entered in the contest.

Jessie composed a lovely off-beat piece called "Cello's Laugh." Instructor Nancy England feels that this is something that cellos (and cellists) do best!

Anna, who studies piano, charmed the judges with what one judge described as having the flavor of the Moonlight Sonata. Tarik, a piano student of Rudolph Nemeth, wrote a neat little jazzy piece. Tarik took honors in the contest last year, too. We're looking for more from these three students - and others - next year!

Additional participants from the 2000 Composition Contest

Additional Participants in the contest (pictured left) include:

Front, left to right: Kim Nguyen, Mark Walker, Bradley Hensley, Megan Walker, Lauren Lee.

Back: Jessie Pounds, Lauren Ham, Jessica Ward, Anna Walker, Michael Stinnette, Selena Mayorga.

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