These readers of Oberlin Conservatory were the first three to correctly guess the composition from the fragment that appears at the masthead of the magazine’s front cover:

1. Matthew Gin, a double-degree sophomore from San Francisco, California
2. Marsha Perry Juday ’75 from Bradenton, Florida
3. Kenneth Seitz ’63 of Woburn, Massachusetts.

Their acuity in discerning that the excerpt referred to the 2nd movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 earned each of them a brand new compact disc recording on the brand new Oberlin Label. They will receive Bridget-Michaele Reischl conducting the Oberlin Orchestra in China, recorded live at the Poly Theater in Beijing.

When notified that she was a winner, Marsha wrote: “Wow!  I guess all those ear-training classes with Mr. Melcher paid off!”

Yes, Marsha, indeed they did.