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Bassist Sam Suggs wins 2015 ISB Competition

Samuel Suggs '14 MM, a DMA candidate at the Yale School of Music, won first prize at the 2015 International Society of Bassists (ISB) Competition. The first place award, named the Gary Karr Prize, includes a monetary award, a bow, and an expenses-paid recital to open the 2017 ISB Convention.

The competition, which took place June 1–2, 2015, was held in conjunction with the ISB 2015 Convention at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.