<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 19px; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; ">SCHOLASTIC COMPOSERS CONTEST</span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0px; font-size: small; "><span style="line-height: 7px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 5pt; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0px; font-size: small; "><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12pt; ">Students, grades K-12, are given the opportunity to show their talents individually or as a group through the composers contest. All compositions are reviewed by a panel of judges from the University of Akron’s School
of Music Composition Department. They are returned after judging with placement as well as comments and pointers. The first place winners are then invited to perform at our “Premiere Performance” in April</span><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12pt; ">. All performers must remain for the entire performance and scholarship presentation.</span><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12pt; "></span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0px; font-size: small; "><span style="line-height: 7px; font-size: 5pt; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0px; font-size: small; "><span style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12pt; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0px; font-size:
13px; "><span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; "><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; "><span style="font-weight: bold;">Closing Date </span></span></span><span style="text-align: center; line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; ">February </span><span style="text-align: center; line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; "><span dir="ltr"></span>8, 2013</span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; "></span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span style="font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold; "> </span></div><div
class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; ">Premiere Performance Rehearsal</span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; ">April </span><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; "><span dir="ltr"></span>22, 2013</span><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; "></span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span style="font-variant: small-caps; font-weight: bold; "> </span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal"
style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; ">Premiere Performan</span><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; ">ce</span><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; "></span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: small; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; ">April </span><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; "><span dir="ltr"></span>23, 2013</span><span style="line-height: 24px; font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; "></span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding:
0px; font-size: small; "> </div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; margin-left: 18pt; padding: 0px; font-size: small; "><span style="line-height: 16px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; "></span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; font-family: Tahoma; "><span style="font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 19px; font-size: 14pt; ">THE RULES AND APPLICATION FORM AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19px; "><a href="http://childrensconcertsociety.org/">http://CHILDRENSCONCERTSOCIETY.ORG</a></span></div><div class="yiv1812458422MsoNormal" style="font-family: Tahoma; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px; "> </div></div></div></body></html>