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March 23, 2009

Crow wins first place at 85th Caudell Cup Piano Competition

University of Louisiana at Monroe student Allyson Crow finished with a first-place flurry in the 85th Caudell Cup Piano Competition at Louisiana College in Pineville Saturday, March 7.

Crow's program for the competition included a movement each from Franz Joseph Haydn's 鈥淪onata in C Major, Hob. XVI: 50鈥� and Franz Schubert's 鈥淒rei Klavierstucke.鈥�

A junior piano performance major from Monroe, Crow has been studying with Richard Seiler, 四色AV associate professor and Keyboard chair, for almost three years.

Seiler expressed his pride in Crow鈥檚 achievements. 鈥淚 have watched her grow more and more into a young artist. She has devoted an enormous amount of hard work and dedication towards her music and becoming an accomplished pianist. I am very excited for Allyson and her accomplishment."

One of the oldest and most prestigious awards at Louisiana College is the Caudell Cup, presented for excellence in piano performance. The annual competition began in 1922; it did not occur from 2005-2007. It gained its start courtesy of the late Kite and Maxie (Pat) Caudell and was endowed in 1981 by the Pineville Kiwanis Club.

Crow will present her junior degree recital Thursday, April 9, at 11 a.m. in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall. Her program will include the works of J. S. Bach, Haydn, Chopin, and Prokofiev. The public is invited.

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