Wake Forest Music Department Hosts Competitions
Wake Forest University’s 22nd annual Christopher Giles and Lucille S. Harris Competitions in Musical Performance will be held Saturday, Feb. 20, in Brendle Recital Hall.
The music competitions, established by Paul and Sara Sinal, honor Christopher Giles, who taught piano at Wake Forest for 37 years before his death in 1996. The contest also honors retired piano instructor Lucille S. Harris.
Beginning at 10 a.m., five Wake Forest piano students will compete for three cash prizes. Pianists will perform music of the Americas. The first prize, named the Sinal Prize, is $500; second is $300. An additional prize of $500, the Ward Virts Prize for Pianistic Expressiveness, has been donated in memory of the former competition winner by his parents.
The second competition, open to Wake Forest student vocalists and instrumentalists, begins at 2 p.m. Sixteen musicians-including vocalists, violin, flute, organ, viola, oboe and harp-will perform 20th century music and compete for the $500 first prize, the $300 second prize and the $200 third prize.
Admission to the competitions is free and open to the public. For information, call 758-5026.
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