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‘Great instincts for music’: WHS music alumnus wins composing award in California film festival

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Woodstock High School 2014 grad Alex Riak is living in Los Angeles and composing music. (District 200 photo)

As a senior at Woodstock High School, Alex Riak won first place for a song he had composed, recorded, and submitted for the Illinois Music Education Association’s 2014 vocal ensemble […]

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