“This is the most prestigious competition in the university’s music program,” said Dr. Wendell Dobbs, music program director at Marshall.
According to Dobbs, winners will receive a cash award, and, in the case of the Belle and Lynum Jackson Award, present a winner’s recital scheduled for Sunday, April 17, in Smith Recital Hall.
“The Sunday, Feb. 28 competition will feature both semifinal and final rounds and will be adjudicated by a panel of external judges,” Dobbs said. “The first-place winner receives the Belle and Lynum Jackson award, while the second-place winner receives the Balshaw award.”
The year’s competition, chosen through a preliminary selection process, features the following students, in alphabetical order by last name:
- Erik Anderson, guitarist
- Jordan Carinelli, saxophonist
- Robert Jenks, trombonist
- Matthew Monnig, pianist
- Gabriel Muncy, trumpeter
- Scott Nibert, clarinetist
- Jonathan Thorne, guitarist
- Yuhao Zhou, violinist
The competition is free and open to the public. For more information, call 304-696-3117.