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    The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra has announced flutist Abi Middaugh and violinist Lily Sullivan as the winners of its 2021 Young Artist Competition. Abi will perform Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto and Lily will perform Camille Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto No. 3. Competition jury chair Aaron Berofsky was impressed by the high level of performances from students of such a young age. Both winners are advanced high school musicians who have received other awards and scholarships and plan to pursue careers as orchestral musicians.

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    The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra has announced flutist Abi Middaugh and violinist Lily Sullivan as the winners of its 2021 Young Artist Competition. Abi will perform Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto and Lily will perform Camille Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto No. 3. Competition jury chair Aaron Berofsky was impressed by the high level of performances from students of such a young age. Both winners are advanced high school musicians who have received other awards and scholarships and plan to pursue careers as orchestral musicians.

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    The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra has announced flutist Abi Middaugh and violinist Lily Sullivan as the winners of its 2021 Young Artist Competition. Abi will perform Carl Nielsen's Flute Concerto and Lily will perform Camille Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto No. 3. Competition jury chair Aaron Berofsky was impressed by the high level of performances from students of such a young age. Both winners are advanced high school musicians who have received other awards and scholarships and plan to pursue careers as orchestral musicians.

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    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Kemper Edwards
    Director of Marketing & Communications
    Phone: 734.994.4801 (ext. 103)
    Email: kemper@a2so.com

    TWO TEENAGED INSTRUMENTALISTS ANNOUNCED AS


    2021 ANN ARBOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA YOUNG ARTISTS

    January 10th, 2022 (Ann Arbor, MI) — The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra has announced flutist
    Abi Middaugh and violinist Lily Sullivan as winners of its 2021 Young Artist Competition. Twelve
    finalists competed on December 11, 2021 at Eastern Michigan University for the chance to perform
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    at one of the A SO’s youth concerts in 2022. Abi will perform the first movement of Carl Nielsen's
    Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, and Lily will perform the opening movement of Camille
    Saint-Saëns’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor.

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    In a statement, competition jury chair and A SO concertmaster Aaron Berofsky said: “I’m so glad
    that I could be a part of the Young Artist Competition this year. The performances were wonderful;
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    Kemper Edwards
    Director of Marketing & Communications
    Phone: 734.994.4801 (ext. 103)
    Email: kemper@a2so.com

    remarkably sophisticated and beautiful for students at such a young age. I was impressed with the
    variety of repertoire and instruments represented, all played at an amazing level.”

    Abi Middaugh is from Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is a senior in high school at the Early College Alliance
    at Eastern Michigan University, studying flute with Kelly McDermott in Ann Arbor. She plans on
    studying flute performance to become an orchestral flutist, and is a member of the University of
    Michigan's Youth Symphony Orchestra, Eastern Michigan University’s Wind Symphony, and
    principal flute of Interlochen Arts Camp's 2021 World Youth Symphony Orchestra. Alongside her
    orchestra studies, Abi won first prize at the Washtenaw Community Concert Band Concerto
    Competition in 2020 and the North Dakota State University National Music Competition in 2021. For
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    Abi’s full bio, visit the A SO website.

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    Abi remarks “At the competition, the A SO staff were so welcoming, and I’m grateful to them for
    connecting me with an accompanist when I needed one. Overall, it was a great experience
    connecting with a local symphony.”

    Lily Sullivan, 14, is a merit scholarship Fellow at the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy, a training
    center for advanced pre-college musicians. She studies violin with Grigory Kalinovsky and is a
    member of the Dando Piano Trio at the Music Institute of Chicago. Lily was awarded Honorable
    Mention in the 2020 Association of the Louisville Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and won the
    Ladonna Dingledine First Prize of the 2021 Muncie Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Competition,
    First Prize in Age Group C of the Bellegrande International Music Competition and was chosen as a
    Young Laureate of the 2021 Chicago International Violin Competition. For Lily’s full bio, visit the
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    A SO website.
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    Kemper Edwards
    Director of Marketing & Communications
    Phone: 734.994.4801 (ext. 103)
    Email: kemper@a2so.com

    Of her experience at the competition, Lily says “I was reminded of what a privilege it is to make
    music before a live audience. Performing in this competition alongside such talented musicians was
    an honor. I am very grateful for the opportunity to share the stage with the Ann Arbor Symphony!”

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    In their 93rd season, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A SO) is one of the Midwest’s leading
    symphony orchestras, creating live, orchestral music for 70,000 listeners each year. They engage
    with the community not only through innovative concert programming in the Michigan Theater
    and Hill Auditorium, but also via educational programs, radio, recordings, numerous community
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    concerts, and online streaming activity. To find out more about the A SO’s upcoming activity and
    ongoing initiatives, visit www.a2so.com.

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