CMS student wins GNOYO Concerto Competition
Friday, January 15, 2016 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – A Southeastern Louisiana University Community Music School student
has won the Greater New Orleans Youth Orchestra (GNOYO) contest.
Thirteen-year-old violinist Umika Kuroda of Mandeville won the competition held
at Loyola University in New Orleans on Jan. 10. She will be rewarded with a solo performance
with the GNOYO on March 20 at Loyola University.
A student at Mandeville Junior High School, Kuroda has studied violin for seven
years under the direction of Community Music School Director Jivka Duke.
“As Umika's violin teacher, I am overjoyed with her success,” Duke said. “She
is a very talented young musician who approaches her violin studies with a remarkable
maturity. I could not be happier that her hard work is rewarded. She deserves to win.”
For more information about the CMS, call 549-5502, or visit the CMS website at
www.southeastern.edu/cms.
