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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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- Benjamin Dawson
- Benjamin Dawson, 19, is a senior at East Tennessee State University, where he studies composition with Dr. Maria Niederberger, and is the second recipient of the Kenton Coe Composition Scholarship. Composing is an active part of Benjamin's life. He composed his first piece, a piano solo, at age 8. His compositions include a piano trio, a string quartet, a violin solo, a cello duet, choral works, music for some children's poems and for film. His composition for orchestra was performed in August 2010 at the Symphony of the Mountains concert in Kingsport. Benjamin began music studies with his mother. He has studied violin with Jane MacMorran for the past 9 years and studied piano with Ann Holler for his last 3 years of high school. He currently studies piano with Dr. Chi-long Hu. He is passing on their wonderful instruction as he teaches several violin and piano students of his own. He has a B.A. in History from Thomas Edison State College.