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Sam Snyder Finished Among Top in Music Competition


Sam Snyder is a student here at MCC and in Professor Nyerges’ MUS 145  Jazz Combo last year (as well as MUS 143 Jazz Improvisation class) and this year again in Jazz Combo. Sam has finished in the top 20 guitarists in America competing in Guitar Center's King of the Blues competition.

He made it past 60 guitarists locally in Rochester, then went on to the next level Cleveland earlier this month getting past a total past 480 guitarists in the competition up to that point - 60 others from 8 other cities!! He made it to the semi-finals NYC this week as one of the top 5.

Only 1 would go to the national finals. He was not selected there to go on but made a great showing.

John Nyerges
VaPA
11/03/2009