Pianist Brenda Jones, 17, has won first...

Pianist Brenda Jones, 17, has won first place in the 1997 B. Douglas Sawtelle Music Scholarship competition sponsored by the Orange County Musicians’ Assn. Local No. 7 of the American Federation of Musicians. Jones, a senior at Esperanza High School in Anaheim, won $1,200. Violinist Jean Millie Kim, 17, also a senior at Esperanza, won the $1,000 second place award. Pianists Kyoung-Eun Min, 25, and Yukiko Nomura, 26, both continuing students at Chapman University in Orange, tied for third place and won $425 each. Honorable mention awards of $150 each went to horn player Rebecca Stock, 18, a student at Cal State Long Beach; pianist Wen-Huei, 25, a student at Chapman; and trombonist Art Fuerte, a student at Cal State Fullerton. The winners will give a free recital at 7 p.m. on May 4 at the Yamaha Music Center, 15455 Jeffrey Road in Irvine. Information: (714) 546-8166.

Compiled by Ken Williams