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Longmeadow High School senior recognized for achievement |
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Hilary Purrington
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On May 21, Longmeadow High School senior Hilary Purrington traveled to New York, where she was one of 13 students, ages 10 through 18, to be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
The ASCAP Foundation program honors the late Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and former ASCAP President Morton Gould's lifelong commitment to encouraging young creators. The award-winning composers share prizes of approximately $45,000.
Purrington is a composer, pianist and vocalist. Over the past several years she has composed and arranged numerous pieces for choral, orchestral and chamber ensembles. As a pianist trained by Galina Gertsenzon, Purrington won first place in the Young Artist Piano Competition in 2007 and 2008. In March 2008, she was recognized as an Outstanding Young Composer at the annual Massachusetts Music Educators' Association All-State Festival.
The following month, Purrington's original choral composition "Doubts" was performed by the Longmeadow High School Accidentals at Carnegie Hall. In the summer of 2008, she studied composition at the Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan.
Her original compositions "Viola Quartet No.1," "Awake" and "April 5, 1974" were premiered at Longmeadow High School concerts in November and December 2008.
In June, Purrington will graduate from Longmeadow High School and continue her musical studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
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