** Please visit our website: http://www.africanassociation.org ** Congratulations to Akornefa and the proud parents! <html><div>Adetunji A Lesi</div></html> From: Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>,"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: [AAM] AKORNEFA AKYEA WINS TWO IN A ROW Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:36:39 -0800 (PST) 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 _______________________________________________ AAM mailing list [log in to unmask] http://africanassociation.org/mailman/listinfo/aam_africanassociation.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, visit: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/aam.html AAM Website: http://www.africanassociation.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------