Question

In this US state, Ramon Sender and Morton Subotnick founded a music center where the Buchla (“BOO-kluh”) analog modular synthesizer was developed. In 2020, a conservatory in this state purchased the classical management agency Opus 3 Artists. While working at that conservatory in this state, a composer depicted his dreams of an oil tanker taking off from a body of water and two limousines transforming into pianos (10[1])in his two pieces Harmonielehre and Grand Pianola Music. (-5[1])An orchestra in this state revitalized its Green Umbrella contemporary music series under executive Deborah Borda and composer-conductor Esa-Pekka (10[1])Salonen. (10[11])That orchestra (10[1])from (10[1])this state commissioned 50 composers to write works for its 2018 centennial season, which was led by music director Gustavo (10[1])Dudamel. (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, name this state whose largest orchestra plays at Walt Disney Concert Hall. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: California [or CA] (The Los Angeles Philharmonic plays at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The third sentence refers to John Adams and the San Francisco Symphony.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y21100%0%10%101.14

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Steven YuanUC Berkeley BWUSTL B6510
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BNYU A74-5
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AJohns Hopkins A9310
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AChicago B9410
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AStanford A9410
Annabelle YangWUSTL AColumbia B9410
Kevin ParkClaremont AGeorgia Tech B9410
Richard NiuCornell BBrown A9410
Karan GurazadaTexas ARutgers B9410
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina APurdue A9410
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AMcGill A9410
Jacob EgolDuke AFlorida B9410
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AMinnesota A9410
Caleb KendrickMaryland ARutgers A9410
Clark SmithOhio State AColumbia A9610
Tracy MirkinFlorida AYale B9710
Robert CondronChicago CIllinois A11710
Danny HanPenn AHouston A11810
Joseph ChambersVirginia AImperial A118-5
Ani PerumallaPenn State AGeorgia Tech A11810
Ricky LiMIT AMichigan A11810
Carlos DoebeliImperial AVirginia A13410
Halle FriedmanNYU AMinnesota B13410