Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Two groups of Lexington high school students dominated the 16th annual Macauley Chamber Music Competition, hosted by the University of Louisville’s School of Music.

First place went to the Scoppio Rocca string quartet: Jonathan Karp and Heeju Son, violins (both from Lafayette); Aaron Karp, viola, (Paul Laurence Dunbar); and Jerram John, cello, (home-schooled). 

Runner-up was the JAJA Noir string quartet: Jessie Zhu, violin (Henry Clay); Jessie Li, violin (Paul Laurence Dunbar); Allie Wood, viola (Bryan Station); and Alex DeMoll, cello (Lafayette).

No third place was awarded, and a Louisville group received honorable mention in the March 5 competition.

For more information, contact Eddie DeMoll of the University of Kentucky.