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Vol. XX No. 8 May 2005 |
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New Scholarships Extend Support for Juilliard Students In recent months, The Juilliard School has received generous gifts that have funded many new current scholarships in every division of the School. In addition, the School received several major gifts endowing new scholarships and fellowships. Family and friends of the late Metropolitan Opera baritone Robert Merrill, who was equally well-known for singing the national anthem at Yankee Stadium, contributed generously to endow the Robert Merrill Voice Scholarship Fund. At a celebration of Merrill's life and career, his widow Marion (DIP '50, piano) announced the new scholarship, which has drawn support from Merrill's fans in the music and baseball worlds.The Elton John Music Scholarship is the happy result of a gala benefit concert Sir Elton John gave at Radio City Music Hall last July, when he dedicated the proceeds to the Royal Academy of Music and The Juilliard School.The Roger F. Casey Scholarship was endowed with funds from the estate of Roger Casey. The new award, named for a longtime friend and supporter of Juilliard, is designated for music students.The Norma Galblay McCabe Fellowship will support Juilliard guitar students who participate in an educational outreach program. Dr. Bernard McCabe established the fellowship in memory of his wife Norma, while simultaneously honoring his son Brent Poe (M.M. '92, guitar) and Sharon Isbin, Juilliard faculty member and Brent's teacher.The Pre-College Division Parents' Association held a gala benefit concert featuring the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. The concert raised $53,968, permanently endowing the Pre-College Parents' Association Scholarship.The estate of Velma O'Brien significantly strengthened an existing Pre-College award, the Robert Armstrong Memorial Scholarship. In 1972, Velma O'Brien established the award in memory of her brother, who had served on the Pre-College piano faculty from 1955-1972.The Ruth Ellen and Mary Elizabeth Lasley Scholarship was established through a generous bequest and trust gift, and is unrestricted. Mary Elizabeth studied piano at Juilliard in the 1930s and 1940s.The estate of Edith Carr provided generous funding for the Edith Carr Scholarship, a new award for music students.Alumna Fredell Lack Eichhorn (DIP '43, violin) enriched the Louis Persinger Scholarship with her generous contribution to the endowed scholarship created by Pre-College faculty member Louise Behrend (DIP '43, violin).The Adrian Weller Scholarship, designated for composers and pianists, was endowed by Mr. Weller, a former Evening Division student.Memorial tributes to renowned members of the Juilliard community have helped create several new awards. The John Stix Drama Division Student Fund has been established in memory of Stix, longtime Juilliard drama faculty member, who died in October 2004. Similarly, the Gerald Gutierrez Professional Development Fund was created with memorial gifts after the death of Gutierrez (Drama, Group 1) in December 2003. The Oren L. Brown Voice Scholarship memorializes Brown, who was on Juilliard's voice faculty from 1972 to 1991. Family, friends, and former students of Oren Brown contributed generously to a scholarship in his memory.Juilliard's piano students will benefit from the Harold and Helene Schonberg Piano Scholarship, a generous annual scholarship award from the estate of Harold Schonberg. Schonberg, eminent music critic of The New York Times from 1960 to 1980, was the author of several widely read books, including The Great Pianists, The Great Conductors, Lives of the Great Composers, and Classical Music: Third Ear: The Essential Listening Companion.Taeko Kamiya, a California-based writer, translator, and pianist, endowed The Kamiya Sisters Piano Scholarship. The Karen Mandelbaum Scholarship is also a new award for piano students at Juilliard. Mrs. Mandelbaum's family contributed the current scholarship in honor of her 60th birthday. The Benjamin Hartman Scholarship in Piano was established by Hartman's daughter, Marilyn Sabat.Vocal artists at Juilliard also have new scholarship support. Dr. Peter Gart established the Gart Family Vocal Scholarship, in honor of his lifelong passion for opera. The Joseph Sihler Scholarship was established by Sihler's daughter Joanne, in memory of her father, a baritone who attended Juilliard in the 1940s. The Patricia Haspert Voice Scholarship was begun by Mrs. Haspert's family. The Doris Rae Williams Carroll Voice Scholarship honors a singer who had to turn down a Juilliard voice scholarship offered to her many years ago. Her four daughters recently traveled from Mississippi and Florida to visit Juilliard and present a scholarship check in honor of their mother, who remained proud all her life of her Juilliard "connection." The Rosalinda and Mario Longo Scholarship in Opera Studies was created with contributions from family and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Longo, grandparents of Christina Gonzalez, Juilliard's associate director of financial aid. Rosalinda Longo studied voice at Juilliard in the 1940s.Organ students will benefit from two new awards. The Charles D. Pennebaker Organ Scholarship was established with a bequest from the estate of Charles D. Pennebaker, and funds from the estate of John Dexter Bush have created the John Dexter Bush Scholarship. Mr. Bush was a longtime member of the Juilliard Association.Funds from the estate of Dorothy Ford established the William H. and Dorothy G. Ford Scholarship, which is unrestricted. The estate of Fay Piston made provision for a new award, the Fay Piston Violin Scholarship. The Valerie A. van der Heyden Scholarship, an unrestricted award, was created with funds from Ms. van der Heyden's estate.The Marjorie Tallman Educational Foundation established a new award, known as the Marjorie Tallman Memorial Scholarship in Dance. Roberta Lobel, who studied dance at Juilliard in the 1960s, is a trustee of the foundation.The jazz studies department at Juilliard has three new scholarships. The Illinois Jacquet Scholarship in Jazz Studies pays tribute to the legendary jazz artist who died in July 2004, not long after receiving an honorary doctorate from Juilliard. The Rob Moss Memorial Scholarship was established by Moss's mother, to provide support for Juilliard's jazz trumpet students in memory of her son, an advertising executive and lifelong musician. The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation honored Phoebe Jacobs, a longtime Juilliard friend and a trustee of the foundation, with a gift establishing the Louis Armstrong Scholarship Fund.The Korean Cultural Service of New York Scholarship provides support for Juilliard's violin students.Penn and Diane Holsenbeck, whose daughter Suzannah studied French horn in Juilliard's Pre-College Division, previously endowed the Nancy Penn Holsenbeck Scholarship, designated for Pre-College brass instrumentalists, in memory of Mr. Holsenbeck's mother. They have now endowed the Kenneth Huffman McClure Scholarship, an award for Pre-College clarinet students, in memory of Mrs. Holsenbeck's father, who was himself a clarinetist.Pre-College Division students have two additional new scholarships. The Iris and Denis Perkins Scholarship for Brass Instruments was established by Mark Perkins in honor of his parents. The estate of Dr. Peter S. Hansen provided funds for the Doris Ballard Hansen Scholarship in Violin.Juilliard's Music Advancement Program (MAP) has a new scholarship. The Jerome Nazer Woodwind Scholarship was established in Nazer's memory by his daughter. Jerome Nazer received a diploma from Juilliard in clarinet in 1939.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 unrestricted gifts, currently funded or 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.
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