Local People
- Last Updated on Monday, 29 August 2016 19:48
Keynotes of South Hills held their annual music competition at the fine arts theater of Mt. Lebanon.
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Cash awards totaling $8,000 were awarded to three music majors. The first place winner and recipient of $5,000 was Joseph Beaver, who played the trumpet. The second place winner of $2,000 was soprano Alexandre Aks, and third place winner of $1,000 went to Zoe Sorrell, who played the flute.
Judges this year for the competition were Dr. Robert Cameron from Duquesne University and Roger Tabler from the Pittsburgh Pops Orchestra.
Keynotes was started in 1970 and as of today, has awarded over $362,000 in music scholarships to young instrumentalists and vocalists who are full-time music majors enrolled in a college, university or music school. Instrumentalists must be under 26 years of age and vocalists under 30 years of age. This competition is open to all music majors in Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland Counties who maintain legal residences in these counties
Next year’s competition will be on May 20, 2017. Applications will be sent out in January of 2017. A website will be set up or you can contact Toni Kvederis, Chairman of the Scholarship Fund, for an application at 412-220-3080.
