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| | On Campus 04/26/01--UT professor receives coveted Prix de Rome award |
 | | Kevin Puts, assistant professor of composition at the UT Austin School of Music, has been awarded the Prix de Rome, one of the most coveted awards for gifted American scholars and artists. |
 | | While on leave in Rome next year, Puts, a prolific composer, plans to finish three major orchestral compositions: one for the American Composers Orchestra, which premieres in April, 2002 at Carnegie Hall; one for the Phoenix Symphony, premiering in January, 2002, and one for the Cincinnati Symphony, premiering in March, 2002. |
 | | Rome Prize winners pursue independent projects, which vary in content and scope, for periods ranging from six months to two years at the academy. |
| www.utexas.edu /opa/pubs/oncampus/01oc_issues/oc010426/oc_prix.html (565 words) |
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