Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 2 p.m.
Akron Art Museum
Featuring the top prize winning college students from Tuesday Musical’s 2010 Scholarship Competition
Join Tuesday Musical on Sunday, May 16, 2010 and hear the top prize winners from its 2010 Scholarship Competition in recital at the Akron Art Museum, One South High Street, Akron, 44308 at 2 p.m. This recital is free and open to the public.
The 14th Annual Tuesday Musical Scholarship Recital on Sunday, May 16th is free and open to the public; free parking is available in the High Street parking lot. A reception will follow the recital at the Akron Art Museum and everyone is invited to remain and speak with these talented young performers, the future musicians of tomorrow.
Tuesday Musical Association’s Scholarship Program is statewide and open to any college student up to 27-years-old who fulfills the specified residency requirements. The program, now in its 55th year, is one of the best in Northeast Ohio. In 1998 Tuesday Musical received a generous bequest from the Eva Mae Yockey Estate, in memory of her brother Arden J. Yockey, an educator in the Norton Public Schools. That unexpected gift provided an opportunity for the scholarship program to grow in size and monetary distributions. Today, both local and statewide performance scholarships are offered, plus two Music Education Scholarships. Additionally, another performance scholarship of $1,000 will be awarded at the annual Scholarship Recital for the best performance that day. Eligibility for any of the scholarships is based on the applicant, applicant’s school or teacher’s legal residence.
On March 13, 2010, nearly 120 students competed for Tuesday Musical’s scholarships at The University of Akron’s Guzzetta Hall. Twenty-two scholarships were awarded that day to piano, strings, woodwind, voice and brass students, plus two more scholarships to Music Education majors. An additional $1,000 scholarship for best performance will be awarded at the Scholarship Recital on Sunday, May 16th. This event will be adjudicated by Jeffrey Lindberg, a well-known faculty member of The College of Wooster, who has conducted at such venues as the Aspen Music School and Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
From the nearly 120 students that competed, the winners represented schools throughout the state: The University of Akron, Kent State University, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music, Ohio State University, the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and Ashland University.
The ten students winning the top prizes - the $950 performance scholarships - will perform at the scholarship recital on May 16th and Jeffrey Lindberg will announce the student who won the additional Performance Scholarship at the post-concert reception immediately following the recital.
The students awarded $950 who will be performing on May 16th include:
Richard Jeric, Piano (Kent State University)
Re Zhang, Piano (Oberlin Conservatory of Music)
MaeLynn Arnold, Violin (Kent State University)
Geoffry Herd, Violin (Cleveland Institute of Music)
Lisa Christensen, French Horn (The University of Akron)
Adrienne Doctor, Trumpet (University of Cincinnati)
Vincent Gilbert, Clarinet (The University of Akron)
Xiomara Mass, Oboe (Oberlin Conservatory of Music)
Samantha Victoria Garner, Soprano (The University of Akron)
Chanae Curtis, Soprano (Ashland University).
Two $1,400 awards went to Music Education majors:
Amanda Porter (The University of Akron) and Samantha Meese (Oberlin Conservatory of Music).
There were ten students who received $500 scholarships:
Joanne Chew Ann Chang, piano (Kent State University)
Xin Xin Zhang, piano (Oberlin Conservatory of Music)
Timothy Cuffman, violin (The University of Akron)
Katrina Bobbs, violin (Cleveland Institute of Music)
Brian Griffin, trombone (The University of Akron)
Catherine Schule, trombone (Oberlin Conservatory of Music)
Shaye Bowman, bassoon (The University of Akron
Annie Gordon, flute (Oberlin Conservatory of Music)
Rachel Morrison, soprano (The University of Akron)
Calvin Griffin, bass-baritone (The Ohio State University).
For further information, contact:
JoAnn Marcinkoski, Tuesday Musical Scholarship Chair- 330.699.9438
Tuesday Musical Association- 330.761.3460
