American Pianists Association selects two fellows.

Spencer Myer was named the Christel DeHaan Classical Fellow, and Stephen Beus was awarded the Max I. Allen Classical Fellow by the American Pianists Association.

The 2006 Classical Fellows were selected by a distinguished panel of judges, and each received a fellowship valued at more than $75,000 that includes a cash award, publicity, career assistance and performances in national and international venues.

Myer, 28, is a native of North Ridgeville, Ohio, and graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Peter Takacs. He is the recipient of numerous awards from Oberlin, including the Dean's Talent Award, the John Elvin Piano Prize, the Faustina Hurlbutt Piano Prize, the Louis & Annette Kaufman Award in Chamber Music, the Piano Department Accompanying Award and the Ernest Wilkins Academic Award. Myer completed a doctor of musical arts degree at Stony Brook University in May 2005.

Beus, 23, is a native of Othello, Washington, and has been playing recitals and concerti since age 8. He was winner of the 2003 MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition and a competitor in the 2005 Van Cliburn International Competition. He served on a two-year mission to Finland as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and played concerts throughout the country. A former student of Leonard Richter at Whitman College, he currently studies with Robert McDonald at Juilliard.

The American Pianists Association is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to discover, promote and advance the careers of world-class, classical and jazz pianists, who are citizens of the United States between the ages of 18 and 30.