Stu­dents Host First 12-Hour Mu­sic Com­pe­ti­tion

MISHAWAKA—A mu­si­cal event was held this year that is slated to be­come an an­nual tra­di­tion. On Sat­ur­day, Feb. 13, nine stu­dents par­tic­i­pated in 12 hours of prac­tic­ing and com­pos­ing mu­sic. These stu­dents, sep­a­rated into three groups, cre­ated, prac­ticed and per­formed both a vo­cal piece and an in­stru­men­tal piece, each be­ing three min­utes in length. Each piece had to be no­tated and was judged by two mu­sic fac­ulty and a de­part­ment alum.  

Bekah Scott con­cep­tu­al­ized the event and re­cruited the as­sis­tance Grace Tarnow and Ash­lin Town­shend to plan and ex­e­cute it. Stu­dents ar­rived for the event at 7:30 a.m., took breaks to play games and then per­formed at 8 p.m. Each stu­dent on the win­ning team re­ceived a $20 Ama­zon gift card.  

Any stu­dents who missed out on this year’s event are in luck. Grace Tarnow said the 12-Hour Mu­sic Com­pe­ti­tion will re­turn next year.  

“I’ve al­ready been talk­ing with par­tic­i­pants about what we can do dif­fer­ently next year to make it more en­joy­able, suc­cess­ful and or­ga­nized,” Tarnow said.