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Article: From pianos to officer candidate school.(Focus on People)(Biography)
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- Soldiers Magazine
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- October 1, 2007
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MATTHEW W. Asmus Jr. looked sharp in his dark blue pinstriped suit, playing the piano in his final graduate performance at the University of South Carolina's School of Music Recital Hall.
He played music by Mozart, Bach, Debussy and Rachmaninoff with the ease of someone who has been doing it for years.
"He has been playing for as long as I can remember," said his cousin, Ms. Kim Pritchett, who came down from Charlotte, N.C., to attend the recital. Mr. Asmus's parents also flew in from Bountiful, Utah, where their son was raised.
He graduated in May with a master's degree in music from the University of South Carolina. Following graduation, he ...