The 22nd Annual School of Music Awards Convocation celebrating the work of undergraduate and graduate students took place Friday, April 4, 2014. The convocation was a successful event filled with performances and awards given out to our talented School of Music students.
Each year, the music faculty selects two students, an undergraduate and a graduate, whom they believe are first among their peers as musicians and scholars. This year, students Christina Chen and Chip Birkner were recipients of the award.
The Frances Millikan Reitz Music Scholarship: Vivan Nguyen
The Presser Scholarship: Ishmael Sandoval
The University Women’s Club Music Scholarship: Samantha O’Brien
A. Didier Graeffe Scholarship: Luke Blackburn and Kyle Snow
James Van Horn Scholarship: Kyle Gray
Edith P. Pitts Memorial Scholarship: Kristina Horton
Dorothy Reaves String Scholarship: Jeremiah Gadway
John and Margaret Sung Fellowship: Michael Polo
Stella Sung Scholarship: David Santiago
Blount Scholarship: Jeremiah Gadway
D’Albora Scholarship: Andrew Babcock
David Wilmot Award: Kristina Benson and Shelley Sanderson
Rabbit Robbins Award: David Becker
Amott Scholarship: Hannah Austin
James Glen Connor Choral Music Scholarship: Kyle Gray
George and Susan Tedder Scholarship: Nate Pence
Kenneth Webster, MD Jazz Saxophone Scholarship: Ben Grier
Grissom/Rosalino Scholarship: Neal Romberg
Recognition of Concerto Competition Winners:Christina Chen, David McDermott and Gerard Weber