The 10th Annual WNY Student Composers’ Day featuring the prize-winners of the “Persis Vehar Competition for Excellence in Composition” is tonight (March 27) at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public.
The prize- winners will each present their own compositions and receive comments from Canisius College’s composer-in-residence, Persis Vehar, and adjunct professor Michael Colquhoun, PhD, who are the competition’s adjudicators. The winners are:
- First prize: Natalie Buckle
- Second prize: Aaron Roberston
- Third prize: Alexandria Kemp
- Honorable Mentions: Leonardo Ranallo and Collin Kemeny
Contact the Fine Arts/Music Office at Ext. 2536 or visit www.canisius.edu/artscanisius for more information.
Submitted by: Ellen Barnum, assistant director, ArtsCanisius
