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Dakota Midday: Young Musicians Win Symphony Competition

This Saturday’s Black Hills Symphony Orchestra concert features Rapid City Central High School junior Paige Werner as soloist in a performance of an oboe concerto by Alessandro Marcello. Werner is the senior division winner of this year’s Young Artist Competition, sponsored by the Black Hills Symphony Orchestra and Symphony League. Violinist Ingrid Anderson won the junior division for her performance of Ernest Bloch's "Improvisation No. 2 from Baal Shem."

The competition is open to high school instrumentalists in grades 9 through 12 and living within a 180-mile radius of Rapid City. The junior division is open to students in 9th or 10th grades (with a maximum age of 17) and senior division will be open to those in 11th and 12th grades (with a maximum age of 19).

Paige Werner and Ingrid Anderson joined Dakota Midday and discussed the competition and playing music.

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