At the May 22, 2002 Scholarship Donors’ Luncheon, Taeko Kamiya (left) talks to Su-Yen Jeon, a master’s student in piano, recipient of the Kamiya Sisters Piano Scholarship. Ms. Kamiya is a pianist and writer-translator from San Francisco. (Photo by Emily O’Neill)

On May 22, 2002, The Juilliard School welcomed more than 100 guests to the annual Scholarship Donors' Luncheon—an opportunity for the Juilliard community to thank the many generous donors who make a Juilliard education possible for so many students. President Joseph W. Polisi and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Bruce Kovner welcomed the guests and introduced the students who performed at the luncheon. Anne Dessus (M.M. '02, harp) and Sabina Rakcheyeva (M.M.'02, violin) played music by Massenet and Debussy, followed by a performance of Schubert's "Auf dem strom" by Michael Slattery (M.M. '02, tenor), Louis Schwadron (M.M. '03, French horn), and Steven Beck (M.M. '03, piano). Charlsie Griffiths (B.M. '02, piano) concluded with the Paganini Variations by Brahms.

There are now more than 400 scholarships and prizes at Juilliard. Since January 2002 we have had the privilege to welcome many new named current and endowed scholarships through the extraordinary generosity of alumni, faculty, friends, and trustees.

The Susan W. Rose Piano Fellowship has been established with a generous gift from board member Susan W. Rose. Mrs. Rose, a pianist herself, has been very supportive of Juilliard's piano faculty and students for many years, and is the founder of the Juilliard Friends of Piano.

Juilliard's young composition students will benefit from a new award, the Georgia Shreve Scholarship in Composition, which was endowed with a generous gift from Georgia Shreve, a member of the Juilliard Council and a longtime friend of Juilliard.

Faculty member Louise Behrend has endowed a scholarship for violin students. The Louis Persinger Scholarship honors Ms. Behrend's teacher, Louis Persinger. This new award will not only provide scholarship support for Juilliard's young violinists, but it is also a great tribute to Ms. Behrend's beloved teacher, whose legacy lives on in all of his students and their students. Louis Persinger studied with Eugene Ysaÿe.

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter endowed a new scholarship for Juilliard dance, music, and drama students, known as the Morgan Stanley Scholarship. This new partnership between Juilliard and Morgan Stanley drew national focus when Juilliard was featured in a TV ad that debuted during the 2002 Academy Awards broadcast.

Many Juilliard students come from the Dallas area, where a thriving and supportive arts community initiated a new scholarship campaign. A successful event in February featured Juilliard alumni in performance and raised funds for the new Dallas–Juilliard Scholarship, which has been awarded to 11 Dallas-area students at Juilliard this year.

Alumni generosity figures prominently in Juilliard's scholarship resources, whether contributed directly by alumni or given in their memory by family and friends.

The Helen Pierson Swindall Scholarship was endowed by Wellington Swindall to provide support for minority violin students. Helen Pierson Swindall graduated from Juilliard in 1954, after studying with the late Dorothy DeLay and Ivan Galamian.

Abraham Marcus's percussion studies at Juilliard were interrupted by World War II, but he had a long career in the percussion section of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and was its personnel manager for many years. His daughter Abby honored him recently by establishing the Abraham Marcus Scholarship for percussion students at Juilliard.

Alec Fila studied trumpet at Juilliard in the 1940s, and went on to a long and successful career with swing and big bands, including the Benny Goodman Orchestra. In his memory, Fila's friends and family have established the Alec Fila Scholarship for trumpet students.

Marjorie Campbell-Perfilio, who studied voice at Juilliard, established the Marjorie Campbell-Perfilio Vocal Scholarship in Memory of Christopher Jason Perfilio, Her Son. Christopher, a finance and music major at the University of Scranton, died in a car accident.

Ronald L. Freed (1937-2002) graduated from Juilliard with a bachelor's degree in voice in 1962. Well-known in the music publishing business, Mr. Freed was a former president of ASCAP, president of European American Publishing, and a director of the Kurt Weill Foundation. His friends and colleagues from around the world have contributed funds to establish the Ronald L. Freed Scholarship for voice students at Juilliard.

The Alice Shaw Farber Scholarship, designated for piano students, has been established by a trust, which will benefit Juilliard in perpetuity. Mrs. Farber, who died in 1978, received degrees in piano and composition in 1906 and 1913.

Marilyn Hochberg Hammerman ('59, piano) established a new current scholarship, the Marilyn Hochberg Hammerman Piano Scholarship.

Evening Division students have been generous to Juilliard recently. Jacqueline E. Jones established a scholarship for organ students, known as the Sylvia Augusta Morgan Jones Memorial Scholarship. Brandon Fradd established the Philip Lasser Music Scholarship, to honor a member of Juilliard's faculty. The David Grunschlag Memorial Scholarship in Violin was established by Dorit Grunschlag Straus in memory of her father. David Grunschlag was one of the original members of the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra (which became the Israel Philharmonic in 1948) and served as its concertmaster.

With the recent death of Juilliard supporter Dr. Edmond Lipton, his wife and friends contributed a music scholarship, known as the Dr. Edmond Lipton Memorial Scholarship. Tomoko Mitsuhiro, a Juilliard friend from Japan, has established The Tomoko Scholarship, which will also be awarded to music students.

The Barbara Lee Scholarship for Humanism in Music was established by Stephanie Gertz in memory of her mother, and was directly inspired by one young man's artistic response to the tragic events of September 11. Violinist and composer William Harvey was newly arrived from Indiana to begin study at Juilliard. On September 12 he played every violin work or transcription he could recall for many hours in an armory housing rescue workers, and then wrote about his experience. His words, widely circulated by e-mail, reached Ms. Gertz, who promptly inquired about how to establish a scholarship, particularly one that might honor a student's special quality of humanism in addition to artistic promise.

The Juilliard School is very grateful for the scholarships and awards that alumni and friends have generously given this year. The School always welcomes the opportunity to discuss ways to support our educational and artistic activities through a variety of programs including currently funded scholarships, endowed scholarships, special project support, bequests, and other planned gifts. For more information about contributing to Juilliard, please call the Office of Development and Public Affairs at (212) 799-5000, ext. 278, or visit our Web site at www.juilliard.edu/giving.