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The Donald Runnicles Musical Arts

Scholarship Competition
GTMF will host the 7th Annual Scholarship Competition in honor of Music
Director Sir Donald Runnicles. The competition is open to graduating high
school seniors from Wyoming, Idaho or Montana who are pursuing a music
degree in college. The first round is a pre-screened video submitted online.
Six semi-finalists are invited to perform for a panel of judges including Maestro
Runnicles. Three finalists are chosen to compete for $50,000 in scholarship
awards. The semi-finals and finals on July 19 & 20 at Walk Festival Hall are free
and open to the public. Details at gtmf.org/scholarship.

Coombs Outdoors Partnership
Coombs Outdoors and GTMF have partnered to create access to music lessons
and opportunities for Coombs Outdoors participants. The two local nonprofits
have worked together to launch a summer-long program, the Coombs Ukulele
Club, that offers ukulele lessons to Coombs participants once a week for the
duration of the summer, followed by a public performance. The performance
will be on Friday, August 9 at 6:30 PM in the Barbara Furrer Goodman
Memorial Garden near Walk Festival Hall’s north entrance.

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