<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-28b7dedb-ba01-1590-6b50-acf8864e2ea8"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9.75pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:37.3333px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(22,107,30);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MASTA Announces Winners of 2016 Michigan Solo Competition </span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-caps:small-caps;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">GOLD PRIZE AWARD</span><span style="font-size:26.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ($1000)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zachary Brandon, violin </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Battle Creek, Almita Vamos, teacher</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-caps:small-caps;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SILVER PRIZE AWARD</span><span style="font-size:26.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ($500)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Zoie Hightower, viola</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ann Arbor, Caroline Coade, teacher</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sandro Sidamonidze, cello</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">East Lansing, Suren Bagratuni, teacher</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-caps:small-caps;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">HONORABLE MENTION </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:24px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Joseph Skerik, viola </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.6667px;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Interlochen, Renee Skerik and Jeffrey Irvine, teachers</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4.9pt;text-align:center"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:26.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-caps:small-caps;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AUDIENCE FAVORITE  AWARD</span><span style="font-size:26.6667px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> ($100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