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Hope Pianists Awarded
Cash Prizes in Bach Competition

Posted June 9, 1998

          HOLLAND -- A total of five piano students received
  cash awards following the annual Bach Competition held at
  the college at the conclusion of the spring semester.
          The winners chosen were:  Miriam Beyer of Holland
  and Beth Quimby of Williamsville, N.Y., who are members of
  the graduating Class of '98; sophomore Jill Ten Harmsel of
  Holland; and freshmen Laura Donnelly of Holland and Tracy
  Miller of Gurnee, Ill.
          The purpose of the annual competition is to
  stimulate interest in the keyboard music of J.S. Bach, and
  to foster the systematic study of his music from the
  Inventions to the Preludes and Fugues and other extended
  works.  The competition is underwritten each year by Dr.
  Anthony Kooiker, professor emeritus of music at Hope.
          The adjudicator was Roberta Kraft, adjunct
  assistant professor of music at Hope.  The prizes totalled
  $275.
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