Music and Theater Arts Spring 2015 Awards Ceremony
May 14, 2015, MIT Bush Room
THEATER ARTS
Edward S. Darna Awards
To a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in theater arts and made a substantial contribution to the health of theater life on the MIT campus
presented by Jay Scheib
Gabriel Frattallone
Bruno Tambasco
Joseph D. Everingham Awards
Given in recognition of a single creative accomplishment in theater arts by a graduating student
presented by Jay Scheib
Isaac Fenta
Katherine Roe
MUSIC
Everett Longstreth Jazz Award
In recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble
presented by Fred Harris
James Anderson
Richard and Jody Nordlof Awards
In recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Wind Ensemble
presented by Fred Harris
Beth Hadley
Lars Johnson
Stephanie Marzen
Mark Alan Chilenski
The Endicott World Music Award
In recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to world music
presented by Patty Tang
A. Awadagin Faulkner
Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes
In recognition of exceptional ability in composition, performance, or music-historical studies and overall contributions to the Music and Theater Arts Section
presented by Myke Cuthbert, David Deveau
Dario Garcia-Dominguez
Beth Hadley
Erika Trent
David Epstein Awards
In recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Symphony Orchestra
presented by Adam Boyles
Nathan Gibson
Daniel Zhang
Philip Loew Memorial Awards
In recognition of creative accomplishment in music
presented by Peter Child, Myke Cuthbert
Gabriel Lesnick
Daniel Parker
Varun Ramaswamy
Emily TenCate
John Oliver Choral Award
In recognition of an individual who brought great music performance to the Institute through dedicated, passionate and high-level artistic participation in the MIT choral ensembles presented by William Cutter
Lawson Wong
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Awards
In recognition of exceptional talent and commitment to performance at MIT
presented by John Harbison, Fred Harris
Samantha Fomon
Kyle Swanson
Chamber Music Performance Awards
In recognition of steadfast commitment to MIT Chamber Music
presented by Marcus Thompson
Kristen Cotner Dario Garcia-Dominguez
Sarah Rumbley
Stanislav Tsitkov
QinQin Yu
Jack and Edith Ruina Scholarship Award
In recognition of special gifts in piano
presented by David Deveau
Sylvain Carpentier
2014-2015 Concerto Competition
Sarah Rumbley, piano
Dario Garcia-Dominguez, piano
Honorable Mention: Daniel Parker, piano
Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
To a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence or the highest standards of proficiency in music, theater, painting, sculpture, design, architecture or film
Peter Godart
Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award
Presented annually to students, either undergraduate or graduate, living groups, organizations or activities for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the arts at MIT
Otto Briner
Majdolene Khweis
Emerson Music Fellowships
Full funding for lesson instruction during the 2014-2015 academic year
Eleanor Bors*, cello
John Bowler*+, piano
Sylvain Carpentier*, piano
Dario Garcia-Dominguez*, piano
Peter Godart*, piano
Carl Lian#, piano
June Park*, violin
Daniel Parker**, piano
Abhishek Sarkar#, piano
Ray Hua Wu*, piano
* solo rectial in Killian Hall
+ selected to perform as soloist with Boston POPS on MIT night
# solo recital pending
Emerson Music Scholarships
Funding for half-year lesson instruction during the 2014-2015 academic year
Jazz
Stephen Allsop, piano
Samantha Fomon*, voice
Richard Oates, guitar
Piano
Jungjoo Cha
Joonwon Choi
Cheryl Gaul
Hane Lee
Botong Ma
Daniel Manesh*
Jiwon Park
Daniel Shaar
Andrew Wang*
Vickie Wang
Joyce Yang
Tiffany Yeh
Thomas Zhang*
Tianlin Zheng
Yangying Zhu
Strings
Isaac Cabrera, bass
Aditya Gopalan, violin
Nathan Gibson, viola
Dominique Hoskin, bass
Nora Kelsall, harp
Lisa Kong, violin
Henry Love, violin
Evan Lynch*, cello
Michelle Noh, violin
Alexandra Panov, violin
Deepti Raghavan, violin
Taylor Safrit, cello
Ari Umans, violin
Sarah Yu, violin
Daniel Zhang, violin
Voice
Elizabeth Boles, soprano
Jacquelyn De Sa, mezzo
Anne Marinan, mezzo
Divya Pillai, soprano
David Rolnick, baritone
Tiffany Wong, soprano
Winds
Kelsey Chan, clarinet
Madison Douglas, flute
Miriam Nussbaum*, flute
Tal Scully, flute
Kyle Swanson, flute
Jonathan Uesato, flute
* solo rectial performed during the Spring term
Student performances in Bose Corporation’s Noon Concert Series
Sylvain Carpentier, piano
Dario Garcia-Dominguez, piano
Peter Godart, piano
June Park, violin
Daniel Parker, piano
Andrew Wang, piano
Students who performed in the Lewis Music Library’s Annual Prokopoff Concert
Pam Cai
Sylvain Carpentier
June Park
Valerie Peng
Derek Wu
Kelly Douglas Essay Prize
Essay prize given to honor outstanding achievement for non-fiction writing piece, “The Unity and Disunity in Beethoven’s Great Fugue”
