Graduate Percussion Student Places Third Nationally

Aidan Ervin, graduate percussion student, placed third nationally at the 2023 Southern Illinois Young Artist Competition, March 23-25. Ervin competed with students representing such schools as the Eastman School of Music, Yale, the University of Michigan, Northwestern University and the Curtis Institute of Music. Instrumentalists were required to perform two solos of contrasting styles by different composers in a program of no longer than 15 minutes in length. Ervin is from the studio of Michael Bump, professor of music.