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By LaDoyce Lambert Viand George Livings III of Aus- chosen Saturday to compete in
In competition as spirited and tin College at Sherman. Sunday's finals in the Lee High
tension filled as a s p o r t i n g
i The selection of three winners School Auditorium. After a half,
n a single division is expectedhour of deliberation, the judges!,
event, a precedent- setting three to reverberate around the youngl,decided to name all three win-,
winners were named in the col- artist competition world. Johnlners.
lege voice division as the secondiMarlowe Nielson of Salt Lake; In making the announcement,
annual Young Artist Co - 'City, Utah, the voice chairman,INielson said, "It is very unu-
tion closed here Sunday. said, "This has never happen-sual to find anyone of this cali-
Six e m i n e n t judges from ed anywhere in a competitioniber at the college level. I have
; across the United States were of this caliber that I know of." never seen a single occasion
;Isurprised by an unexpected ar- Nielson, a nationally -known with such an abundance of tal -I
tray of talent in the division, director and teacher of singing, ent. All three could sing with a,
and declared all three finalists indicated privately before the symphony orchestra with great
.winners after failing to select a contest that he expected no win- credit to the community and'
[single w i n n e r from among ner in either the high school or themselves."
'them. college voice division because Nielson said it was a "great''
The voice winners are Kay he felt no singer below the grad - credit to Midland that this hap -
Creed of Oklahoma City Uni- uate level was qualified to singlpened here."
versity, Cynthia B a r n e t t of with a symphony orchestra. ( In all, 11 winners were named
Eastern New Mexico University However, three finalists were (Continued On Page 2)
Young Artist Winners—
(Continued From Page 1) of Lubbock, Fredell Lack of
in the two -day competition. Houston, Wallace Hornibrook of
They received prize money of Phoenix, Ariz., and Nielson of
$150 each and will appear with Salt Lake City.
the Midland- Odessa Symphony
Orchestra, sponsor of the con-
test, in dual concerts in Odessa
and Midland in April.
In other college finals Sun-
day, Gail Southerland of
Shreveport, La., a student at
Centenary College, was named
the piano winner. Other final-
ists were Ronnie Bowlin of
Lubbock and Rachael Phelan of
Big Spring.
Secondary School Finals
Another highly spirited part
of the competition came during
the secondary school finals
Saturday night in the piano di-
vision. The winner was Stephen
Terry, a 15- year -old Hobbs,
N. M., student. He won out over
finalists Ralph Buels of Odessa,
a cowinner last year; George
Gilliam of Corsicana, and Kevin{
Johnston of Artesia, N. M Wfb
was named alternate.
Tolin Cerminaro, Jr., a
French horn player from Dal-
las, won the secondary brass
division iri the Saturday finals
over John Lawson of Big Spring,
a trombonist.
Vicky Stewart, a junior at
Amarillo High School, won the
secondary strings division over
another violinist, Ann Karen
{Gustafson of Odessa, and a cel-
Ilist, Sally Guenther of Fort
Worth.
Early Winners
Winners named early Satur-
jday without need for advancing
to finals were Joe Inman of Bel-
ton, secondary percussion;
James Burleson of Big Spring,
secondary woodwind; Stephen
F. Weger of Paris, college
brass, and John Heard of Aus-
tin, college woodwind.
Sixty young musicians from
five states entered the competi-
tion, making it the largest of
its kind in the state. The over-
all talent exhibited by the con -
testants was praised highly by
the six judges.
The judges were Walter
M o e c k of Birmingham, Ala.,
Dr. Charles Webb of Blooming -
ton, Ind., Thomas Mastroianni
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f EN THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE. BRYAN -C.S., TE7
ohn Badgett To Compete
In Music Meet at Midland
A 17- year -old A &M Consoli- at the contest for prize money
dated High School senior, John totaling $1,500 and a coveted
D. Badgett, will enter the Young appearance in concert with the
Artists Competition sponsored Midland- Odessa Symphony Or-
by the Midland- Odessa Sym- chestra April 6 -7.
phony Orchestra Saturday in John began piano studies at
Midland. the age of five with Mrs. Mar -
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- garet Mohler, now a resident of
ter H. Badgett of 208 Pershing North Carolina. John studied
in College Sation, John will with Mrs. R. R. Lancaster for
play the first two movements 11 years and has studied with
of the 98 -page Tschaikowsky Mrs. J. B. Baty of College Sta-
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B -Flat tion since July 1963.
minor. Mrs. Badgett said that her
Familiar to most Americans son has many varied interests
since Van Cliburn's debut in in addition to piano. He holds
Moscow in 1958 at the Tschai- a general ham radio operator's
kowsky Competition, the con- license issued when he was 11,
certo ranks high among laymen won several swimming meets
as well as virtuosos. for the backstroke contest at
Sixty secondary school and Gulfcrest Country Club in Hous-
college musicians will compete ton and Art Adamson's swim-
ming team, plays handball,
practices judo, debating, and
plays chess.
John was one of two young
people from Bryan - College Sta-
tion attending Attorney General I
!Waggoner Carr's teen -age meet-1
Ring in Austin last summer. He
jalso holds honor scholastic and
;golf sweaters from A &M Con-
• I solidated High School. He sings
in the concert choir directed by
Frank Coulter.
Accompanist for John's con-
certo performance this weekend
'11 be Charles Castle, 16, a
junior at A &M Consolidated. He
is a former pupil of Mrs. J. B.
Baty, and is now studying with
Dr. John Paul, head of the
piano department at Sam Hous-
ton State Teacher's College.
John's repertoire includes
Bach Two -Part Inventions, Bee-
thoven sonatas, Gershwin pre-
ludes and works by Debussey,
Chopin, and Dave Brubeck.
Will
'60 ENTRIES DUE SATURDAY, SUNDAY- -
Artist Corn p etition • T o Cli
Nine Months Of Prepqration
ir By the time the second an- several music publications. In liar with them beforehand.
nual Young Artist Competition May, 160 announcements were The number of entries forced
b e g i n s here Saturday, nine sent out to private music teach- officials to arrange for three
months of preparation will have ers and heads of music depart- contest sites. Midland High
been invested in plans for a ments.
successful contest. School, Lee High School and the
Requests for applications be- First Presbyterian Church will
Many factors have complicat- gan coming in during the Sum- be used.
ed the running of the competi-
mer, and the committee mailed
tion, not the least of which are 105 complete information belle- The committee is providing
the 60 young musicians from tins to interested persons. housing for secondary contest
five states who accepted the in- Correspondence began flying ants not accompanied by teach -
vitation to compete, making back and forth because contest- ers or parents and has arranged
hotel reservations for the oth
this the largest music contest ants had to send in their music
of its kind in the state. selections for approval by Con- ers.
In charge of solving the many ductor Dr. Lara Hoggard, the Jack Hendrix, chairman of
librarian had to check and the music department of How
problems associated with the and County Junior College at
competition is a committee make sure orchestration was Big Spring, will serve as ac
headed by Mrs. J. H a r v e y available for contest pieces, and companist for entries not ar-
Herd. Other members are Mrs. a check had to be made to see
Arnold Leondar, Mrs. Frank if the selections had been per -'r Fifteen f contestants n asked for
Thompson, Mrs. Harry Gossettlformed during the last concert an accompanist, so exceptions
and Mrs. Charles Linehan. (season. had to be made in the drawing
1 The committee started work Division Added procedure to allow Hendrix to
on the 1964 contest last April It was in October that contest be at the right place at the
after the Young Artist concert officials decided to add a sixth right time when he is needed.
with the Midland Odessa Sym- division — percussion. So, a
phony Orchestra, sponsors of whole new series of information This also necessitates a rehear
the competition. bulletins had to be distributed sal period with Hendrix prior
They mailed 230 packets of concerning the new division and to appearance before the
Information on the contest to the fact that the entry deadline judges.
schools and colleges through- had been extended a month. About 45 persons will be used
out the United States and to In addition, the six noted during the two-day competition
as registrars, attendants and
judges who will be here for the
competition were notified what ushers. The Symphony Debs
SAVE $ $ will serve as pages for the
concert pieces had been select- .
ed so they could become fami- fudges. Presiding officials are
Mrs. Linehan at Lee High, Mrs.
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