Stewart Wins Prize

Edward S. Stewart '59 has been awarded first prize in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra's composition contest. His "Variations on a Melody" was the winning entry, while William D. Wilder, Jr. '61 earned Honorable Mention with "A Concerto for Orchestra."

Judges in the contest were Attilio Poto, conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and Randall Thompson '20, Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music. The orchestra will play "Variations on a Melody" at its annual spring concert in Sanders Theatre. On the same program it will present the winner in its concerto contest.