Finalists selected for piano competition
COSHOCTON – Auditions were completed and the finalists for the 27th annual Edward E. Montgomery Jr. Piano Competition were selected.
Junior Division finalists are: Kaitlyn Clark, daughter of Bethany and Patrick Clark; Jakob Reveal, son of Cherie and Craig Reveal; Claire Killiany, daughter of Sarah and Jason Killiany; and Grant Cullison, son of Gloria and Glenn Cullison. The winner, selected from these finalists will receive a $250 cash award from The Montgomery Foundation.
These local students will perform beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 12, on the Montgomery Piano before a panel of five judges. Adjudicators representing Coshocton County Schools are Tom Havelka, Alan English and Jane Crow. Those from the university community will be Dr. Joyce Alesandrini from Muskingum University and Dr. Gerald K. Lee from West Liberty State College. Additionally, at the conclusion of the evening’s program, Dr. Lee, who has served as an adjudicator for this event for a number of years and who has won numerous national awards will perform selections by Isaac Albeniz and Sergei Rachmaninoff on the Montgomery Piano.
There is no admission charge and the public is invited to the competition final. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
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