The Department of Music, Theatre and Dance is pleased to announce recent accomplishments of OU brass students and alums:
Nicholas Adragna, a senior instrumental (tuba) performance major, was selected last month as the Mid-West Winner of the MTNA Young Artist Brass Solo Competition. On March 30, he will compete as a National Finalist in Atlanta, Georgia. For the past two years he has been selected as a second and third place winner. He was recently selected from a screening process of some 60 recordings for across the country to compete as a finalist in the William Byrd Concerto Competition in Flint, Michigan next month.
OU alum Christopher Napier is among three winners of the annual concerto competition held by the Western Michigan University School of Music. Chris graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Music in Trumpet Performance and Music Education and is currently a graduate assistant at WMU pursuing a Master of Music degree in trumpet performance. While at Oakland Chris studied trumpet with Gordon Simmons.
Robert Benton (BM Euphonium Performance '07) was the brass winner of Michigan State University School of Music's annual concerto competition last year. This past summer he was one of five finalists in the Jeju International Brass Solo Competition in Jeju, South Korea.
Created by Joni Hubred-Golden (hubredgo@oakland.edu) on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Modified by Carly Uhrig (uhrig@oakland.edu) on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Article Start Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009
