Bogdan
Dumitriu, CSU junior and student of Dr. Ron Wirt, has been named one of five
finalists selected by an international jury to compete in the
2012 Gillet-Fox Competition, sponsored by the International Double
Reed Society. A previous winner of the Woodruff Award and the LaGrange Symphony
Young Artists Competition, Bogdan serves as principal bassoonist with the
LaGrange Symphony while studying full-time at CSU. The final round of the
competition will be held at the Society's annual conference, July 7-11 in
Oxford, OH. First prize for the competition is an $10,000 US cash award. http://www.idrs.org/competitions/