News Release
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May 10, 2006
Boise State University String Quartet Wins Top Honors at
Boise Chamber Music Society Competition
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Earl Cook, son of Dee Harris, presents Rebecca Green with the Dee
Harris Grand Prize at the Boise Chamber Music Society's Young Artist
String Quartet Competition on May 5. Green, a violinist, along with
Aaron King, left, cello, and Anna-Marie Hladik, violin, are part of
the Boise State String Quartet, which took home the top prize.
Violist Henry Olvera, the other member of the quartet, is not
pictured. |
A Boise State University string quartet took home first prize at the
inaugural Boise Chamber Music Society String Quartet Competition on May 5 at
the Morrison Center Recital Hall.
The internationally known Ying Quartet served as judges for the collegiate
and pre-collegiate rounds and chose the Boise State String Quartet as the
Dee Harris Grand Prize winner. Anna-Marie Hladik, violin; Becky Green,
violin; Henry Olvera, viola; and Aaron King, cello, competed against two
other college quartets during the final round of competition. The Boise
State quartet is directed by music professor Craig Purdy.
The first prize winner in the pre-college round was the Timberline String
Quartet, featuring Katelyn Westergard and Tanya Dorsey, violins; Garret Ma,
viola; and Jake Saunders, cello. They were coached by Timberline High School
teacher Phyllis Saunders.
The Albertson College String Quartet and the Seleman Quartet from Centennial
High School received second prizes. They were coached by David Johnson and
Marcie von Huene, respectively. Other finalists included the Animae Quartet,
coached by Boise State professor Linda Kline Lamar, and the Presto Quartet
from Centennial High School.
The winning quartets played in the lobby of the Egyptian Theatre during the
May 6 Boise Chamber Music Society concert featuring the Turtle Island String
Quartet and the Ying Quartet.
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Media contact: Jeanne Belfy, Boise Chamber Music Series, (208)
426-1216, jbelfy@boisestate.edu;
Craig Purdy, Music Department, (208) 426-3360,
cpurdy@boisestate.edu
Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
May is “Return to Learn” month at Boise State University. “Return to
Learn” is a campuswide effort to provide information for those who may be
considering taking classes from the university and help them learn about the
best options for returning to school and earning a degree. For more
information call (208) 562-3127 or click returntolearn.boisestate.edu.
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