MTA Student Award Recipients 20/21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

STUDENT
AWARD
Carina Belvin
Chamber Music Society Award
Sylvia Biscoveanu
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award
Israel Bonilla
Everett Longstreth Jazz Awards
Jack Bouhanna

Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes

Richard and Jody Nordlof Awards

Sitan Chen
Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes
Zachary Chin
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award
Kevin Costello

Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award

Everett Longstreth Jazz Awards

Aidan Driscoll
Alan Brody Prize in Theater Arts
Rian Flynn

Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award

The Joseph D. Everingham Award

Sebastian Franjou
The Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
Montse Garza
The Edward S. Darna Award
Alexander Gu
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award
Erik Helstrom
Chamber Music Performance Award
Alexandra Hoey
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award
Qiantan Hong
Philip Loew Memorial Awards
Gyuna Kim
The Lowell Lindgren Prize for Musical Scholarship
Melissa Klein
Philip Loew Memorial Awards
Geoffrey Kocks
Chamber Music Performance Award
Susan Kong
Epstein Award
Daniel Landez
The Joseph D. Everingham Award
Alex Liu
Chamber Music Performance Award
Aaron Makikalli
Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes
Zion Moore
The Edward S. Darna Award
Nelson Niu
Alan Brody Prize in Theater Arts
Juan Ortiz
Endicott Award
Tommie Reerink
Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes
Sara Simpson
Richard and Jody Nordlof Awards
Dylan Sleeper

Philip Loew Memorial Awards

Everett Longstreth Jazz Awards

Erik Strand
Philip Loew Memorial Awards
Tony Terrasa
Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award
Luisa Apolaya Torres

Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Award

The Edward S. Darna Award

Soor Vora
John Oliver Choral Award
Ian Wong
Epstein Award
Madeline Wong
Philip Loew Memorial Awards
Nanette Wu
Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes
Thomas Xiong
Chamber Music Performance Award
Clara Xu
J. & E. Ruina Scholarship Award Certificate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts

The Sudler Prize is presented annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence or the highest standards of proficiency in music, theater, painting, sculpture, design, architecture or film. 

 

The Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards

The Wiesner Student Art Awards are presented each year annually to up to four students (undergraduate or graduate), living groups, organizations or activities for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the arts at MIT. 

 

MUSIC AND THEATER ARTS SECTION AWARDS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Edward S. Darna Award is awarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in theater arts and made a substantial contribution to the health of theater life at MIT.

 

The Joseph D. Everingham Award is named in honor of Joseph Everingham, who was a long-time director of Dramashop from the 1950s through early 1970s. It is awarded to a graduating student in recognition of a single creative outstanding performance or notable creative accomplishments in theater arts.

 

Alan Brody Prize in Theater Arts is named in honor of playwright and former MIT Professor of Theater Arts and Associate Provost for the Arts Alan Brody. This annual prize celebrates the accomplishments of a graduating senior who has demonstrated artistic excellence in the theater with an emphasis on playwright.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lowell Lindgren Prize for Musical Scholarship named in honor of musicologist and for MIT Professor of Music, Lowell Lindgren. For excellence in musical research and innovation in historical, cultural, theoretical, or technological studies. The award may be given for distinguished achievements in or out of the classroom, either in recognition of a single research project or for cumulative work that advances musical knowledge.

 

Endicott Award is in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to world music.

 

Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes: In recognition of exceptional ability in composition, performance, music-historical studies, or music technology, and overall contributions to the Music and Theater Arts Section.

 

Everett Longstreth Jazz Awards: in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to te MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble.

 

Richard and Jody Nordlof Awards: in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Wind Ensemble.

 

Epstein Award: in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Symphony Orchestra.

 

Philip Loew Memorial Awards: in recognition of creative accomplishment in music.

 

J. & E. Ruina Scholarship Award Certificate: in recognition of special gifts in piano.

 

Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award: in recognition of exceptional talent and commitment to performance at MIT.

 

John Oliver Choral Award: in recognition of exemplary students participating in the MIT MTA choral program (Concert Choir or Chamber Chorus)

 

Chamber Music Performance Awards: in recognition to steadfast commitment to Chamber Music Performance.