2011 Opus Composition Blue Ribbon Winners

2011 Opus Composition Blue Ribbon Winners!
This year’s Opus Composition Festival was a tremendous success with 66 entrants and many blue and red ribbon winners.  The top composition in each age category will have the honor of his/her entry fee paid in full by IMTA to enter the state level of the MTNA Composition Competition this fall.
Our winners were:
Elementary – Elizabeth Jinks, Teacher – Anne Misner
Junior – Josh Catanzaro, Teacher – Nancy Spahr
Senior – Yihan Chen, Teacher – Don Freund
Young Artist – Kenji Kuriyama, Teacher – Don Freund
ALL students who earned blue ribbons in this year’s festival have the opportunity to perform their composition at this year’s state conference!  The IMTA Conference will be held October 21-22nd at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.  The Opus Composition/Hoosier Auditions Recital will take place on Saturday, October 22nd.
Thank you to all the teachers who entered students in this year’s festival:
Becky Baker, John Craton, Nancy Crump, Don Freund, Cynthia Hawkins, Anne Misner, Nien-Hwa Chen, and Nancy Spahr
Thank you to all of our participants this year and a big thank you to our teachers who CREATE music with their students every day!