Composition grad students sweep competition

Three school of music graduate students took home top honors at the Southeastern Composers Forum Phillip Slates Memorial Competition.

For first place, there was a tie between MM candidate John Hennecken's Brass Quintet, and MM candidate Brian Kelly's Sonata for Cello. DMA candidate Ashley Floyd's L'esprit de l'escalier, written for bass clarinet, bassoon, and cello was awarded honorable mention.