<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; ">The Michigan Solo Competition will be held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on Saturday, October 18, 2008. The performances are free and open to the public.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; ">The Grand Prize winner of the Senior Division will perform at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, January 24, 2009. The Grand Prize winner of the Junior Division will perform at the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids on Saturday, January 23, 2010.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; ">Results will be announced shortly after the event takes place at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><a href="http://astamichigan.org">astamichigan.org</a>.</span></div></body></html>