STATE BRIEFS
Music scholarship competition set
Music majors can compete for scholarships from the Ladies Music Club of Oklahoma City on March 11 at the Wanda Bass School of Music on the Oklahoma City University campus, 2501 N Blackwelder.
The 2018 Ladies Music Club scholarship competition is open to graduating high school seniors through college juniors who are pursuing a music degree at a metro-area college or university, or have a residence in the Oklahoma City area.
The club will award a total of $17,000 to top performers in eight divisions covering vocal, string, piano, brass, woodwind and percussion. Entrants must perform two selections in contrasting styles, one of which must be from the baroque or classical period. Total performance time is limited to 10 minutes.
Applications must be submitted no later than March 1. The entry fee is $15 per category. For more information, contact Barbara Pirrong at barbarasdolls7@gmail.com or 405-842-1522.
Farmers market expo starts Thursday
The Oklahoma Farmers Market & Agritourism 2018 Conference and Expo will be Thursday at Tower Hotel, 3233 Northwest Expressway.
The event is for market managers, agritourism producers, growers, vendors and community partners. For more information or to RSVP, go to www. onieproject.org/okfmc/ or contact Tandy Kidd, Oklahoma Farmers Market coordinator, at 405-534-0417 or tandy.kidd@ag.ok.gov.
Puterbaugh Festival to begin March 7
NORMAN — German novelist, playwright, and opera director Jenny Erpenbeck will be honored as the 2018 Puterbaugh Fellow next month during annual Puterbaugh Festival at the University of Oklahoma.
Beginning with an opening-night reception March 7, highlights of the week include a roundtable discussion of the European refugee crisis through the lens of Erpenbeck’s latest novel, "Go, Went, Gone"; a panel on contemporary German literature featuring Susan Bernofsky, Erpenbeck’s principal translator; a world-premiere ballet adaptation of Erpenbeck’s short story "Sand," with original choreography and music; and Erpenbeck’s keynote talk at noon March 9.
All festival events are free to the public. For more information, go to puterbaughfestival.org.