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Horton Wins 39th Annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition At Ouachita, Meaghan Pollizi, Ouachita News Bureau
Horton Wins 39th Annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition At Ouachita, Meaghan Pollizi, Ouachita News Bureau
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Ouachita Baptist University junior Joanna Horton from Arkadelphia, Ark., was named first place winner of the 39th annual Virginia Queen Competition for Excellence in Piano Performance, hosted by Ouachita’s School of Fine Arts on April 30.
Horton, a music major, won first place and a $500 cash prize for her performance of the first movement of Muzio Clementi's “Sonata Op. 47, No. 2,” and "Dreaming," from “Four Sketches” by Amy Beach. Horton is a piano student of Dr. Adam Haas, visiting assistant professor of music.
Ouachita Baptist To Host 39th Annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition April 30, Meaghan Pollizi, Ouachita News Bureau
Ouachita Baptist To Host 39th Annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition April 30, Meaghan Pollizi, Ouachita News Bureau
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Ouachita Baptist University’s School of Fine Arts will host the 39th annual Virginia Queen Piano Competition on Saturday, April 30, at 3 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall in OBU’s Mabee Fine Arts Center. The competition is free and open to the public.
Participants will each perform two pieces in different styles from memory. The competition was established by Virginia Queen, professor emerita of music, who taught piano at Ouachita for more than 40 years.