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From: Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 3:16 pm
Subject: Akornefa Performs in Milwaukee
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> 
> 38th Annual Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 
>  "Stars of Tomorrow" Concert
> 
>  The Pabst Theater  
>  144 E. Wells Street  
>  Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
>  General Admission: $10 
>   
>  http://www.pabsttheater.org/mso.html
>   
>  MSO Stars of Tomorrow: The 38th annual Stars of Tomorrow 
> finalists have been chosen, and will compete for the $1,000 Harry 
> John Brown scholarship on Thursday, May 4 during a performance with 
> the full Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.  
>   
>  Sophomore flutist Akornefa Akyea of Verona, senior flutist Henrik 
> Heide of Verona, and sophomore violinist Alex Ayers of Waukesha 
> will be perform solos during the concert, and 35 semi-finalists 
> will be performing onstage with members of the MSO during the 
> concert. 
>   
>  The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will share the stage with 
> Wisconsin's brightest young musical stars at the Pabst Theater 
> during the 38th annual Stars of Tomorrow concert on Thursday, May 
> 4. This unique concert experience brings two elements to the 
> performance; one is a competition amongst three featured high 
> school soloists who will perform their concertos with the MSO 
> during the full-length concert, and the other will include members 
> of the MSO performing side-by-side with 34 high school student 
> finalists and honorable mentions of the statewide competition. 
> Participants hail from Green Bay, Madison, LaCrosse, Cedarburg, 
> Greenfield, Shorewood, and many other cities.    
>   
>  Each of the featured soloists have already won a $1,000 Laura 
> Dresselhuys Scholarship Award and will be vying on May 4 for one 
> Harry John Brown Award of $500 to be presented to the winner of the 
> competition which will be judged by members of the MSO and Andreas 
> Delfs.  This year's soloists include:  
>    
>   Flutist Akornefa Akyea of Verona; Ibert's Concerto for Flute and 
> Orchestra; Allegro  
>   Flutist Henrik Heide of Verona; Ibert's Concerto for Flute and 
> Orchestra; Allegro scherzando   
>   Violinist Alex Ayers of Waukesha; Prokofiev's Concerto No. 1 in 
> D major; Andantino   
>  The Young Artist Auditions, which is used to select contestants 
> for the Stars of Tomorrow competition, are designed for Wisconsin 
> high school students in grades 9-12. This year, over 75 string, 
> woodwind, brass, and percussion students participated in the 
> preliminary competition in Wauwatosa. Judges included MSO musicians 
> who volunteered their time and talent. Winners receive scholarship 
> money and the opportunity to perform with the Wisconsin's only 
> professional orchestra and largest cultural organization -- the 
> Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.  
>   
>  The event, formerly known as the "Young Artist Concert," is run 
> by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra League and raises money for the 
> Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's education programs.
>