Willowbrook senior named as Honoree in ILMEA Composition Contest

Pictured is Willowbrook senior Kevin Valois Gomez, who has been named as an Honoree in this year’s Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) Composition Contest.

Willowbrook senior Kevin Valois Gomez has been named as an Honoree in this year’s Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) Composition Contest.

That event is part of the Illinois Music Education Conference, which will take place from Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, 2020, at Peoria Civic Center. Several winning compositions will be selected for performance during the Awards Ceremony and Showcase Concert. For more information, go to https://ilmea.org/composition-contest.

Valois Gomez also will have the opportunity to attend the All-State Composition Workshop. The workshop consists of various presentations and masterclasses, through which participants learn from and work with professional composers, as well as connect and collaborate with fellow student-musicians.

For more information about the conference, go to www.ilmea.org/imec.