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John Richard Freese, a graduate music composition student from Milwaukee, Wis., was awarded Honorable Mention/Second Place in the Music Teachers National Association Student Composition Competition, Young Artists Division. Freese’s winning composition was a work for solo guitar entitled “Scattered Memories.” In November 2009, this composition was awarded First Place in the Missouri MTNA Student Competition. Freese studies with Warren Gooch, professor of music.