Murrieta Rotary Club’s 2020 music contest winners includes third-place winner Faith Zoe Sardilla, a junior from Murrieta Mesa High School who plays flute; first-place winner Claire Howard, middle, a sophomore from Inspire Charter School who plays piano, and second-place winner Fiona Harley, a junior from Great Oak High School who plays piano. Valley News/Courtesy photo
MURRIETA – Three local-area high schoolers took top prizes in Murrieta Rotary’s annual music contest held Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Salvation Army Community Center in Murrieta. Winners in the contest will move to district competitions in April. The contest had 10 contestants perform.Claire Howard, a sophomore from Inspire Charter School, took first prize playing Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major by Franz Schubert on piano. Her music teacher is YiYi Ku. Howard received the first-place prize, $400. She will move onto the district competition.Second place went to Fiona Harley, a Great Oak High School junior, who played Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat Major by Franz Liszt.  Her music teacher is YiYi Ku. Harley received $250 for her second-place win.Faith Zoe Sardilla, a junior at Mu
