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Hello Aggo,
Give Akornefa my heartiest congratulations and hugs for her musical
achievements. She has a talent that will no doubt get her into the
international fellowship of musicians. She's got what it takes. Let her
keep it up.
Best,
Daniel Kunene

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From: Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:36 am
Subject: AKORNEFA AKYEA WINS TWO IN A ROW
To: [log in to unmask]

>  WISCONSIN YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
>  [http://wyso.music.wisc.edu]
>
>  Concerto Competition
>  Youth Orchestra Winner:  Akornefa Akyea, Flute
>
>  Akornefa will have the honor of performing her concerto with the
> Youth Orchestra at the WYSO Spring Concert in May.
>
>  Sunday, May 21, 2006
>  2:00pm
>  Mills Music Hall
>
>  WYSO is also pleased to announce that Akornefa Akyea is the
> winner of the 2006 Murphy
>  Family Interlochen Scholarship. She will receive a scholarship
> and letter of recommendation to  attend the Interlochen Summer
> Camp [http://www.interlochen.org].
>
>  The WYSO Concerto Competition was established to feature the
> talents of individual Youth
>  Orchestra and Philharmonia members. Participants prepare solo
> works that may be
>  performed with their respective orchestra during the final
> concert of the season.
>
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>  MADISON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
>  [http://www.madisonsymphony.org]
>
>  33rd Annual Spring Young People's Concert:  An MSO Birthday Bash!
>
>  Tuesday, April 4, 2006
>  10:00 AM
>  Overture Hall
>
>  2006 HIGH SCHOOL CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS
>  Akornefa Akyea, Flute, Madison
>  Hong-Hsin Chen, Piano, Madison
>
>  The MSO congratulates the talented young musicians who
> participated in the 2006 High
>  School Concerto Competition!
>
>  Nearly 40 talented high school students from around the state
> competed for two first prizes: the  Steenbock Young Artists Award
> and the Marian Bolz Prize for Distinguished Musical
>  Achievement. The two first-place winners each received a $500
> scholarship and the
>  opportunity to perform with a professional symphony orchestra at
> the MSO's 33rd annual
>  Spring Young People's Concert. The Honorable Mention winner
> received a scholarship to the  UW Summer Music Clinic.
>
>  Our Spring Young People's Concerts are designed to enrich the
> lives of middle and high
>  school students through the power of a live symphony performance
> in Overture Hall! Young
>  audience members will also be inspired by two student soloists--
> the winners of our High
>  School Concerto Competition.
>
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>
> Aggo Akyea
> http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/akyea
>
> "Instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my
> baskets,I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them."
> WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau ? 1854
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