Two young musicians from FCPS earned awards in the 2018 Nathaniel Patch Piano Competition, which is sponsored by the Bluegrass Area Music Teachers Association. Jenny Lee took second place, and Andy Du was third in the high school division; both attend Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Several others from Fayette County Public Schools received honorable mention …
- High school: Hiroki Asai and Vanessa Meliksetyan, both of Lafayette;
- Middle school: Alexander Auer and William Auer of SCAPA at Bluegrass, and Judy Lee of Winburn;
- Elementary A: Jiaqi Mu of Glendover;
- Elementary B: Yewon Cho of Rosa Parks.
Sixty-three students competed April 21 at the Singletary Center for the Arts and the University of Kentucky’s Fine Arts Department. The judges came from UK, Campbellsville University, Radford University, and Georgia Southern University.
This annual competition is named for a professor who taught at UK from 1949 through 1982. For questions, please contact organizer Nancy Stelter.