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The Texas Flute Society

is proud to announce the Grand Prize winner of the

2010 Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition

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Seth Allyn Morris   : Grand Prize Winner

Seth Morris Seth Allyn Morris (MM, New England Conservatory; BM, University of Kentucky) has won First Prize at multiple competitions, most notably the 29th James Pappoutsakis Competition in Boston, and has given concerto performances with the UK Symphony Orchestra and at the Bay View Music Festival. As an orchestral flutist, Seth has performed with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and with the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Austria. Seth is pursuing a DMA with Amy Porter at the University of Michigan, where he is a graduate student instructor. His past teachers include Paula Robison, Fenwick Smith, and Gordon Cole. For more information, visit www.sethallynmorris.com.

 

Shauna Hodgson: 1st Runner-Up

Shauna Hodgson Shauna Hodgson is a Master's student at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music where she studies with Brad Garner. Shauna has previously been principal flute of the Lubbock Symphony and second flute of the Midland Odessa Symphony. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at Texas Tech University with Lisa Garner Santa.

 

Brittany Foster: 2nd Runner-Up

Brittany Foster Brittany Foster is pursuing a Masters of Music degree in flute performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, under the tutelage of Dr. Bradley Garner. A graduate of Louisiana State University, she served as principal flutist of both the LSU Wind ensemble and LSU Symphony Orchestra, and was a finalist in the school's concerto competition. In 2006, she was a winner of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival concerto competition and in 2008 she was a finalist in the Chautauqua Institute's Sigma Alpha Iota Concerto Competition. In 2009, she won 2nd prize in the Myrna Brown Competition and 1st prize in the National Flute Association's Orchestral Excerpts Competition. In addition, Brittany currently serves as principal flutist of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra.

 

The 2010 Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition was sponsored in part by the Texas Flute Society, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.