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Question of the Day By TIM JOHNSON - Associated Press - Saturday, March 6, 2021
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Franklin Elementary School student has won a composition contest for young composers held by the Omaha Symphony.
Fourth-grader Kendra Jurek’s piece, “Thanks to You,” will be premiered by the symphony this spring during its virtual Link Up concert for elementary students. The symphony will record a video of the performance and send links to Council Bluffs-Omaha metropolitan elementary schools, according to Liz Kendall Weissner, the symphony’s director of education and community engagement.