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Undergraduate Fellowships 1991-2011

1991
no data available

1992
Sara Jobin received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study conducting at the Pierre Monteux Conducting School in Hancock, Maine, and in San Francisco with Alasdair Neale, Assistant Conductor of the San Francisco Symphony.

1993
Evan Christ received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study as a special student at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary in order to further develop his musicianship and conducting skills.
Aras Lapinskas received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to spend the summer studying Lithuanian folklore an dfolk music in Vilnius, Lithuania.

1994
Sam Hilton received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to pursue ethnomusicological research in Vietnam, primarily at the Hanoi Conservatory.
Geoffrey Shamu received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study trumpet in Paris with Pierre Thibaut and Baroque trumpet performance practice with teachers in London and Cologne.

1995
Matthew Benjamin Gelbart received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to pursue musicological research in London, Berlin, and Krakow.
Simon Tom received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study piano performance in London wiht Maria Curcio and to travel to musical historical sites in Austria and elsewhere.

1996
Michael Puri received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for further study at several European music schools.
Juliana Trivers received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study composition in Paris with composer Betsy Jolas.
Luna Woolf received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for the study of composition in France.

1997
none

1998
Sami Shumays received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study Arab music with Simon Shaheen in New York City.

1999
 Iris Lan received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study representations of the tango and other Western ballroommusic and dance in East Asia.

2000
Shawn Feeney received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study at the Elam School of Art at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, towards a Masters Degree in Intermedia.

2001
Jennifer Caine received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for travel in conjunction with her study at the Royal College of Music in London.
Jennifer Lee received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for travel in Europe in conjunction with her study at Oxford University.

2002
John A. Bachman received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study North Indian classical drumming in Nepal.
Sarah Darling received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study viola and baroque violin performance with Nobuko Imai at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Christopher Trapani received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to support his postgraduate composition studies in Europe.

 2003
Kristin Naragon received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to attend the McGill Summer Organ Academy, the International Summer Music Academy in Leipzig, Germany, and the Smarano International Organ, Clavichord and Improvisation Academy near Milan, Italy.
Sean Henry Ryan received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to travel to Stockholm, Sweden to study with Maestro Alan Gilbert of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Meredith Schweig received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to support a post-graduate project on the sound, origin, and development of the "quintessential Taiwanese" music voice, 1950-present.
Kathleen Stetson received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study French at the Alliance Francaise in Paris while studying French vocal literature and voice.

 2004
Anthony Cheung received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to attend the Acanthes composition workshop.
Katharine Dain received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for voice study at Guildhall School in London.
Adrien Finlay received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to search in Paris and Cambridge.
Moira Hill received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for organ study at Trossingen, Germany.
LeMinh Ho received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for a Lisztian European tour.
John McMunn received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for travel and living expenses at King's College, England.
Alexander Ness received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to travel to University of Wisconsin international program - India.

2005
Francesca Anderegg received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to visit and study period orchestras in England.
Joseph Fishman received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to pursue an M. Phil in historical musicology at the University of Cambridge, studying Dmitri Shostakovich's Thirteenth Symphony as a musical response to the Holocaust.
Anicia Timberlake received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to research the reception and treatment of modern international music in the German Democratic Republic.
Berenika Zakrzewski received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study at Oxford University, collaborate with Oxford composers, and conduct research at arts councils in Germany and France.

2006
Stephanie Lai received a Paine Traveling Fellowship to visit Mozart-related sites and hear concerts of Mozart’s work in Salzburg, Vienna, and Prague, and to conduct research on the Elgar Cello Concerto.
Annelisa Pederson received a Paine Traveling Fellowship to support her trip to Zambia where she will conduct ethnographic research and implement a summer music program for children, teens and adults in the Meheba Refugee Settlement.
David Richmond received a Paine Traveling Fellowship to study oboe with George Sakakeeny and to work with orchestral bassoonists in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
Emily Zazulia received a Paine Traveling Fellowship to conduct research at the Paris Bibliotheque Nationale

2007
Kurt Crowley (AB ’07) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to conduct research in Punjab, India on Sikh tradition. 2008
Nora Bartosik (AB ’08) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study piano in Poland, Austria, France, and England.
Julia Cavallaro (AB ’08) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study voice in England.
Aram Demirjian (AB ’08) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study conducting and participate in competitions in Czech Republic, France, and Germany.
Paul Kolb (AB ’08) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study theory and composition at Oxford.
Elizabeth Lim (AB ’08) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study composition and opera in California, Italy, and Austria

2009
Daniel Gurney (AB ’09) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study street busking in Europe and to meet with local musical figures.
Matthew Hall (AB ’09) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to research harpsichords in the United Kingdom.
John Kapusta (AB ’09) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to participate in vocal master classes in France, England, and Germany.
Meghan McLoughlin (AB ’09) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship for Carnatic vocal study in India.
Matthew Mendez (AB ’09) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to attend the NEC Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice, and to support compositional study in London.
Michael Schachter (AB ’09) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to study Carnatic music in India.
Alex Shiozaki (AB ’09) received a John Knowles Paine Traveling Fellowship to attend a chamber music program in Paris.

2010
Paine Fellowships were awarded to: Victoria Aschheim (AB '10) to conduct archival research at Paul Sacher Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland.
Rachel Carpentier (AB '10) to support her music teaching at the Kodaikanal International School in India
Forrest O'Connor (AB '10) to conduct arts programming with Sister City's International in Washington, DC
Benjamin Cosgrove (AB '10) to conduct an internship at Greenhouse Studios, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2011
PaineFellowships were awarded to: Chad Cannon (AB '11) to conduct research in the Ryukyu Islands in China and in Japan.
Tamar Grader (AB '11) for travel to Switzerland for harpsichord study with Jasper B. Christensen.
David Miller (AB '11) to conduct performance studies and composition research in Vienna.

Graduate Awards and Fellowships 1991-2011

Richard F. French Prize Fellowships 1991-2011

[French fellowships commenced in 2004]

2004
Christina Linklater
Bettina Varwig
Emily Abrams
William Bares
Aaron Berkowitz
David Black
Brigid Cohen
Du Yun
Ellen Exner
Aaron Girard
Robert Hasegawa
Christopher Honett
José Luis Hurtado
David Kaminsky
Natalie Kirschstein
Zoe Lang
Lei Liang
Scott Metcalfe
Kiri Miller
Alexandra Monchick
Sarah Morelli
Karola Obermueller
Mathew Peattie
Lara Pellegrinelli
Julia Randel
Adam Roberts
Jesse Rodin
Dominique Schaefer
Eliyahu Shoot
Benjamin Steege
Nicholar Vines
Jonathan Wild
Tolga Yayalar

2005
William Bares
Matthew Clayton
David Kaminsky
Natalie Kirschstein
Jonathan Kregor
Sarah Morelli
Andrew Robbie
Ben Steege
David Sullivan
Bettina Varwig

2006
Emily Abrams
Ryan Banagale
William Bares
Brigid Cohen
Ellen Exner
Marc Gidal
Mary Greitzer
Robert Hasegawa
Natalie Kirschstein
Jonathan Kregor
Drew Massey
Alexandra Reale
Anna Zayaruzny

2007
Emily Ansari
Ryan Banagale
Matthew Clayton
Brigid Cohen
Louis Epstein
Glenda Goodman
Robert Hasegawa
Michael Heller
Ulrich Kreppein
Rowland Moseley
Adam Roberts
Matthias Roeder
Anna Zayaruznaya

2008
Ryan Banagale
Andrea Bohlman
Corrina Campbell
Ellen Exner

2009
Ryan Banagale
Sofia Becerra-Licha
Louis Epstein
Ellen Exner
Michael Heller
Sheryl Kaskowitz
Hannah Lewis
Drew Massey
Alexandra Monchick
Micah Wittmer
Anna Zayaruznaya

2010
Ryan Banagale
William Cheng
Chris Chowrimootoo
Elizabeth Craft
Andrew Friedman
Matthew Mugmon
Anne Searcy
David Sullivan

2011
Andrea Bohlman
Corinna Campbell
Christopher Chowrimootoo
Louis Epstein
John Gabriel
Glenda Goodman
Katherine Lee
Thomas Lin
Olivia Lucas
Emerson Morgan
Matthew Mugmon
David Sullivan
Wenqi Tang
Sarah Wright

Ferdinand Gordon and Elizabeth Hunter Morrill Graduate Fellowships 1991-2011

[no Morrill awarded previous to 2004]

2004
Aaron Allen
Michael Cuthbert
Justin Linam
Evan McCarthy

2005
Robert Hasegawa
John McKay

2006
Evan MacCarthy
Hillary Zipper

2007
Davide Ceriani
Frank Lehman
Thomas Lin
Matthew Mugmon
Sasha Siem
Hillary Zipper

2008
Chris Chowrimootoo
Evan MacCarthy
John McKay
Anna Zayaruznaya

2009
Davide Ceriani
Thomas Lin
Evan MacCarthy
John McKay
Peter McMurray
Sasha Siem
Gavin Williams
Anna Zayaruznaya

2010
Davide Ceriani
Thomas Lin
Sasha Siem
Anna Zayaruznaya

2011
Christopher Chowrimootoo
Gavin Williams

Nino and Lea Pirrotta Research Fund 1991-2011

[no award given in 1991]

1992
Peter Wollny

[no awards given in 1993 or 1994]

1995
John Johnson
Katherine Welter

1996
Noel Bisson

1997
Charles McGuire

1998
Stephanie Treloar

1999
Patricia Tang

2000
Aaron Allen
Julia Randel

2001
Jeanne Guerrero
Arni Ingolfsson

2002
Aaron Allen
Michael Cuthbert

2003
Brigid Cohen
Bettina Varwig
Joshua Yaphe

2004
Richard Giarusso
Jonathan Kregor

2005
Richard Giarusso
Jesse Rodin

2006
Jesse Rodin
Matthias Roeder

2007
William Bares

2008
Emily Abrams
Louis Epstein
Glenda Goodman
Katherine Lee

2009
Andrea Bohlman
Rowland Moseley
Matthew Mugmon

2010
Louis Epstein
Glenda Goodman

2011
Elizabeth Craft
Hannah Lewis

Harry and Marjorie Ann Slim Memorial Fellowships 1991-2011

[none awarded before 1993]

1993
Andrew Shenton

1994
Stephanie Treloar

1998
Thomas Peattie

2001
Christina Linklater
Matthew Peattie

2002
Zoe Lang

2003
Jonathan Wild

[none awarded in 2004]

2005
Brigid Cohen
David Black
Christina Linklater

2006
Richard Giarusso

2007
Gina Rivera

2008
Gina Rivera
Matthias Roeder

2009
James Blasina
Christopher Chowrimootoo
Petra Gelbart
Luci Mok
Matthias Roeder
Dominique Schafer
David Trippett

2010
William Cheng

2011
Lucille Mok

GSAS/Specialized Fellowships 1991-2011


1991
Daniel Beller-McKenna (Merit)
Peter Wollny (Whitiing)

1992
Thomas Kozachek (Sheldon)

1993
Daniel Beller-McKenna (Whiting)
David Kidger (Whiting)
David Horne (Edith Blodgett Fellowship)
Kaim Al-Zand (Edward A. Bonvalot Fellowship)
Brian Reasoner (Beniko Tsubaki Fellowship)

1994
Mark Risinger (Knox)
Elizabeth Abbate (Whiting)
Jun Fu (Lurcy)
Naomi Andre (GSAS)
Sean Gallagher (GSAS)
Cynthia Gonzales (GSAS)
Kathryn Welter (GSAS)
Stefan Hakenberg (EDith Blodgett Fellowship)
Jen-Yen Chen (Beniko Tsubaki Fellowship)

1995
Mark Risinger (American Handel Society Research Fellowship)
Alexander Fisher (Ann Smeltzer Fellowship)
Brian Hulse (Edith Blodgett Fellowship)
Christina Uss (Beniko Tsubaki Fellowship)

1996
Noel Bisson (GSAS)
Sean Gallagher (Whiting)
Ann Morrison (GSAS)
Alexander Fisher (Ann Smeltzer Fellowship)
Christina Uss (Beniko Tsubaki Fellowship)

1997
Hiroko Ito (GS)
Jennifer Baker Kotilaine (GSAS)
Lara Pellegrinelli (GSAS)
Patricia Tang (Sheldon)
Shailen Tuli (Whiting)
Alexander Fisher (Ann Smeltzer Fellowship)

1998
Karim Al-Zand (GSAS)
Alexander Fisher (Sheldon)
Alan Gosman (GSAS)

1999
Jen_yen Chen (Packard Humanities Fellowship)
Alexander Fisher (Packard Humanities Fellowship)
April James (GSAS)
Stefan Hakenberg (GSAS)

2000
Lansing McLoskey (GSAS, Whiting)
Lara Pelligrinelli (Packard)
Jonathan Holland (GSAS)
April James (GSAS)
Alexander Fisher (GSAS)
Mary Greitzer (Middlebrook)

2001
Judah Cohen (Whiting)
Thomas Peattie (Packard)
Andrew Talle (Packard)
Ken Ueno (GSAS)
Peter Whincop (GSAS)

2002
Arni Ingolfsson (Packard)
April James (Middlebrook)
Lei Liang (GSAS)
Thomas Peattie (Middlebrook)
Julia Randel (GSAS)
Noriko Today (GSAS)
Ken Ueno (GSAS)
Jonathan Wild (Whiting)

2003
Christina Linklater (GSAS)
Sarah Morelli (GSAS)
Peter Gilbert and Robert Hasegawa (GSAS)
 Kiri Miller (Merit)
 Julia Randel (Whiting)

2004
Aaron Berkowitz and Davide Ceriani (GSAS)
David Kaminsky and Ken Ueno (GSAS)
Jesse Rodin (GSAS)
Eliyahu Shoot (Merit)
Justin Linam (GSAS)

2005
David Black (GSAS)
Brigid Cohen (GSAS)
Du Yun (GSAS)
Marc Gidal (GSAS)
Sheryl Kaskowitz (GSAS)
Christina Linklater (GSAS)
John McKay (GSAS)
Karola Obermueller (GSAS)

2006
Mathew Clayton (GSAS)
Ellen Exner (GSAS)
Christopher Honett (GSAS)
Natalie Kirschstein (GSAS)
Jonathan Kregor (GSAS)
Karola Obermueller (GSAS)
Nicholas Vines (GSAS)

2007
William Bares (GSAS)
Sofia Becerra-Licha (GSAS)
Andrea Bohlman (GSAS)
Davide Ceriani (Merit)
Matthew Clayton (GSAS)
Marc Gidal (Sheldon)
Peter Gilbert (Whiting)
Robert Hasegawa (GSAS)
Danny Mekonnen (GSAS)
Torbjorn Ottersen (GSAS)
David Trippett (Sheldon)


2008
Aaron Berkowitz (GSAS)
Petra Gelbart (GSAS)
Jose Luis Hertado (Whiting)
Sheryl Kaskowitz (Merit)
Katherin Lee (GSAS)
Matthias Roeder (Whiting)
Dominique Schafer (GSAS)
David Trippett (GSAS)
Bert Van Herck (GSAS)
Tolga Yayalar (GSAS)

2009
Ryan Banagale (GSAS)
Andrea Bohlman (Sheldon)
Davide Ceriani (GSAS)
Louis Epstein (Lurcy)
Ellen Exner (GSAS)
Marc Gidal (Whiting)
Sheryl Kaskowitz (GSAS)
Hannah Lash (GSAS)
Evan MacCarthy (GSAS)
Drew Massey (GSAS)
John McKay (GSAS)
Lucy Mok (GSAS)
Alexandra Monchick (GSAS)
Adam Roberts (GSAS)
Sarah Wright (GSAS)
Anna Zayaruznaya (GSAS)

2010
Trevor Baca (GSAS)
Ryan Banagale (Whiting)
Christopher Chowrimootoo (Kennedy)
Sivan Cohen-Elias (GSAS)
Elizabeth Craft (GSAS)
Sarah Hankins (GSAS)
Michael Heller (GSAS)
Olivia Lucas (GSAS)
Peter McMurray (GSAS)
Matthew Mugmon (GSAS)
Josiah Oberholtzer (GSAS)
Anne Searcy (GSAS)

2011

Edgar Barroso (GSAS)
Andrea Bohlman (GSAS)
Christohper Chowriootoo (GSAS)
Corinna Campbell (GSAS)
glenda Goodman (GSAS)
Michael Heller (GSAS)
Frank Lehman (GSAS)
Katherine Lee (GSAS)
Samuel Parler (GSAS)
Sabrina Schroder (GSAS)
David Sullivan (GSAS)

Composition Scholarships and Prizes 1991-2011

1991
Carlton Voss '94 (Green)
Riad Abdel-Gawad (Bohemians)
James Boros (Knight)
Alexandros Kalogeras (Sprague)
Andrew Rindfleisch (Boott)
Marina Rosenfeld (MacColl)

1992
Jeffrey Stadelman (Green)
Peter Alexander (Knight)
Alexandros Kalogeras (Bohemians)
Jason Koczela (Sprague)
Andrew Rindfleisch (Boott)
Dmitri Tymoczko (MacColl)


1993
Dominic Dousa '95 (Green)
Christopher Neidhofer (Knight)
David Tadie (Boott/Sprague)
Shailen Tuli (Bohemians)
Carol Voss (MacColl)

1994
Andrew Rindfleisch (Green)
David Horne (Knight)
David Taddie (Boott)
Jun Fu (Sprague)
Andrew Rindfleisch (Bohemians)
Andrew Jacobs '97 (MacColl)

1995
Luna Woolf '96 (Green)
Andrew Rindfleisch (Knight)
Andrew Seth Jacobs '97 (Boott)
Christoph Neidhofer (Sprague)
Karim Al-Zand (Bohemians)
Juliana Trivers '96 (MacColl)

1996
David Horne (Green)
Shailen Tuli (Knight)
David Taddie (Boott)
Andrew Seth Jacobs '97 (Sprague)
Lansing McLoskey (bohemians)
Matthew LIma '98 (MacColl)

1997
Mattew Lima (Green)
Kaim Al-Zand (Knight)
Brent Auerbach '97 (MacColl)
Brian Hulse (Boott)
Laning McLoskey (Sprague)
David Taddie (Bohemians)

1998
Brian Hulse (Green)
Christoph Neidhofer (Knight)
Matthew Lima '98 (MacColl)
Elliott Gyger (Boott)
Lansing McLoskey (Sprague)
Kurt Stallmann (Bohemians)

1999
Christopher Ariza' 99 (Green)
Karim Al-Zand (Bohemians)
Christopher Ariza ' 99 (MacColl)
Lansing McLoskey (Knight)
Jonathan Holland (Boott)
Erik Spangler (Boott)
David Taddie (Sprague)

2000
Elliott Gyger (Green)
Jonathan Holland (Bohemians)
Helen Lee (Knight)
Lansing McCloskey (Boott)
Aaron Einbond '00 (MacColl)

2001
Chris Trapani '02 (Green)
Lansing McCloskey (Boott)
Julie Rohwein (Bohemians)
Eric Spangler (Knight)
Ken Ueno (Sprague)

2002
Julie Rohwein (Green)
Christopher Trapani '02 (Knight)
Christopher Honnett (Knight)
Anthony Cheung '04 (MacColl)
Du Yun (Sprague)
Jonathan Wild (Boott)
Robert Hasegawa (Bohemians)
Nicholas Vines (Bohemians)

2003
Anthony Cheug '04 (Green)
Jose Luis Hurtado (Knight)
Alexander Ness '03 (MacColl)
Dominique Schafer (Sprague)
Ken Ueno (Boott)
Peter Gilbert (Bohemians)

2004
Ken Ueno (Green)
Dominique Schafer (Knight)
Carson Cooman '04 (MacColl)
Jose-Luis Hurtado (Sprague)
Nicholas Vines (Boott)
Robert Hasegawa (Bohemians)

2005
Peter Gilbert (Green)
Jose-Luis Hurtado (Knight)
Derrick Wang '06 (MacColl)
Tolga Yayalar (Sprague)
Nicholas Vines (Boott)
Karola Obermueller (Bohemians)

2006
Derrick Wang '06 (Green)
Lei Liang (Knight)
Elizabeth Lim '08 (MacColl)
Hlilary Zipper (Sprague)
Bert van Herck (Boott)
Karola Obermueller (Bohemians)

2007
Jose Luis Hurtado (Green)
Ashley Fure (Knight)
Matthew Mendez '09 (MacColl)
Bert van Herck (Sprague)
Nicholas Vines (Boott)
Adam Roberts (Bohemians)

2008
Elizabeth Lim '08 (Green)
Jean Francois Charles (Knight)
Michael Schachter '09 (MacColl)
Tolga Yayalar (Sprague)
Edgar Barroso (Boott)
Gabriele Vanoni (Bohemians)

2009
Karola Obermueller (Green)
Tolga Yayalar (Knight)
Matthew Mendez '09 (MacColl)
Sasha Siem (Sprague)
Michael Schachter '09 (Boott)
Edgar Barroso (Bohemians)

2010
Zachary Sheets '13 (Green)
Bert Van Herck (Knight)
Matthew Aucoin '12 (MacColl)
Ashlery Fure (Sprague)
Edgar Barroso (Boott)
Jean Francois Charles (Bohemians)

2011
Hillary Zipper (Green)
Sabrina Schroder (Knight)
Noam Hassenfeld '12 (MacColl)
Gabiriele Vanoni (Sprague)
Ian Power (Boott) Edgar Barroso (Bohemians)


Blodgett Composition Competition Winners 1991-2011

1992-93 Peter Alexanders
1993-94 Stefan Hakenberg
1994-95 Brian Hulse
1995-96
1996-97 HIroko Ito, David Taddie
1997-98 Karim Al-Zand
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02 Elliott Gyger
2002-03 Alexander Ness
2003-04 Elliott Gyger
2004-05 Eliyahu Shoot
2005-06 Ashley Fure
2006-07 Tolga Yayalar
2007-08 Lei Liang
2008-09 Hillary Zipper
2009-10 Ulrich Kreppein
2010-11 Adam Roberts