IVSO announces winners of the Young Performer’s Competition

OGLESBY — Winners of the 2016 Illinois Valley Symphony's Orchestra Young Performer's
Competition held on Saturday, Jan. 9, have been announced.

The winners of the senior and junior divisions will perform with the orchestra at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12, in the Ottawa High School Auditorium. Tickets for this event may be purchased online at ivso.org or at the door the day of the performance.

The winners will also have the opportunity to perform with the IVSO for area grade school students on Friday, Feb. 26, at Ottawa High School and Streator High School.

Students achieving runner-up and honorable mention in both divisions will be given the opportunity to be recognized for their accomplishments at an honors recital at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, at the Music Suite 408 Westclox Fine Arts Factory.

In the senior division, the winner was Sarah Sharp, oboe, Ottawa High School. The runner-up was Danielle Jameson, violin, home-schooled. Honorable mentions were: Joannah Cisneros, flute, LaSalle-Peru High School; Jessica Znaniecki, flute, LaSalle-Peru High School; and Faith Sommer, violin, Hall High School.

In the junior division, the winner was Abigail Meyers, violin, home-schooled. The runner-up was Madelynn Anderson, horn, LaSalle-Peru High School. Honorable mention was Billy Hawley, violin, home-schooled.