News Release

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February 28, 2006

Boise State Music Ensemble Takes Top Honors at Regional Competition

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The Morrison Center Chamber Players, a woodwind quintet made up of Boise State University music students, earned first place in the Music Teachers National Association Divisional Performance Competitions in Portland in January. The group will travel to the March 24 national competition in Austin, Texas, to represent the Northwest Division.

The quintet, which includes Christina Wilson, flute; Jeff Gander, oboe; Katie Matsuura, clarinet; Laura Davis, horn; and Josh Vargas, horn, was joined by graduate student Maria Klyutkina on piano. The group represented the state as well as Boise State. They performed a full recital of works by Mozart, Hindemith, Debussy, Legeti and Poulenc for a panel of three judges.

The quintet has received grants from the Boise Chamber Music Society, the Boise State Department of Music and the music fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi to help defray travel costs. The quintet will appear in April at the Boise State Top Ten Scholar’s Banquet in the Student Union.

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Contact: Jeanne Belfy, Music Department, (208) 426-1216, jbelfy@boisestate.edu.
Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

Boise State University is the largest institution of higher education in Idaho with about 18,600 students and 2,200 faculty and staff. More than 190 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and technical degrees are offered within eight colleges. A metropolitan university located in the capital city, Boise State is committed to life-enhancing research, teaching excellence and public service.





 

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