Hope Pianists Awarded Prizes in Bach Competition
HOLLAND -- A total of five Hope College piano
students received cash awards following the annual Bach
Competition held at the college at the conclusion of the
spring semester.
The winners chosen were: Sara Bolkema, a freshman
from Flushing; Susan DeKam, a junior from Caledonia; Joe
Deller, a sophomore from Dearborn; Emily Parkhurst, a
freshman from Lansing; and Jennifer Walvoord, a junior from
Holland.
The purpose of the competition is to stimulate
interest in the keyboard music of J.S. Bach, and to foster
the systematic study of his music from the Inventions to the
Preludes and Fugues and other extended works. The
competition is underwritten each year by Dr. Anthony
Kooiker, professor emeritus of music at Hope.
The adjudicator was Roberta Kraft, adjunct
assistant professor of music at Hope. The prizes totaled
$300.
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