Stuart B.

I won my first prize for orchestral composition with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra when I was 11 years old. I then became obsessed with Classical piano and practiced enough to receive perfect scores on all but one local competition 6th through 12th grade. I later won a music scholarship at Millikin University to study with Dr. YaDeau. I was a finalist for the Hollis Prize here and graduated with a 3.78 gpa. Next, I won a Fellowship to study at UMKC with Prof. McIntyre, who studied at the…