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The East End Saxophone Quartet—an Eastman School of Music ensemble featuring graduate students Matthew Amedio, Myles Boothroyd, Timothy Harris, and Jonathan Wintringham—won first prize in the chamber music winds category at the annual conference of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). Members of the studio of Chien-Kwan Lin ’07E (DMA), associate professor of saxophone, the ensemble also won first prize at the 30th Annual Competition for Emerging Professional Ensembles, an annual competition sponsored by Chamber Music Yellow Springs.

Separately, Boothroyd also won first prize in the woodwinds category at MTNA’s national competition.