The Hugh A. Glauser School of Music

Delta Omicron, International Music Fraternity,            Kara James
            Zeta Omicron Chapter, (Kent-Akron, Ohio), 2008
            Presented by Sara Miller 

Delta Omicron, Zeta Sigma Chapter            John DiCesare
            (Cleveland, Ohio), 2008
            Presented by Frances Hawthorne

Eddie Teener Calabrese Memorial            Catherine Otto
            Scholarship, 2008            Bethany Briggs

Dolores Parker Morgan Award, 2007-2008            Gabriel Erkard     
                   
Joseph Walsh Endowed Scholarship in Music            Gan Ying Han, Charlotte Sutton Filo

Frances Crawford Memorial Award           
            (senior voice major), 2008            Alex May

Sugar Creek Symphony and Song                            Alex May, Joshua Hart

Young Artists Program (2008)                             Hanna McGee, Andrew Morales

Christine A. Hamann Memorial Award in music education, 2008            Frank McGill

M. Ellis Fjeld Memorial Scholarship, 2008            Chelsea Smith

Jonah Lipson Scholarship, 2008                  Soohyun Bae

Lily-Christine Wallach Scholarship             Samantha Lee
            2006-2010

Nancy Samhric Scholarship in Music Education            Megan Loganecker
            2007-2011

Tuesday Musical Awards 2008

            Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Woodwinds            *Brenda Bourillon-Munoz
            Zada Willaman Scholarship for Piano            Richard Jeric
            Gertrude  Seiberling Scholarship for Music Education                  Kara James

Frederic F. Schoettler Music (piano) Scholarship            Sofia Chaves-Hernandez

Lois Rova Ozanich Piano Scholarship            Sofia Chaves-Hernandez

Earl and Margaret Baxtresser Piano Scholarship            Sofia Chaves-Hernandez

Walter Watson Jazz Awards, 2007-2008            Graduate student—Jonathan Milton; Undergraduate student - Daniel Nauss

*graduate student
~School of Music faculty

Elmhurst Jazz Festival Awards
            Outstanding -
                  Lead Trumpet            Jonathan Milton
                  Tenor Sax Soloist            Tim McDonald
                  Bass Soloist            Daniel Nauss
                  Piano Soloist            Dorian Wallace
                  Saxophone Section            Clark Rice, *Trevor Wozniak, Tim McDonald, Jamar Cromwell, Andrew Durak
                 Rhythm Section            Dorian Wallace, Daniel Nauss

Kent State University Orchestra

            Leopold Sipe Memorial Award, 2006-2007            *Gerald Ringe
            Student Soloists Competition            Undergraduate:  Savannah Denes; Graduate: Christopher (Topher) Ruggiero
            2007-2008 Winners           
            Benjamin G. and Marie A. McGinnis Chair                 Soohyun Bae; *Isaac Allen
            (Concertmaster of the K.S.U. Orchestra)           

            G. Frank Elgin Cello Chair            John Marietta

            Mildred Bumphrey Scholarship                                  Soohyun Bae

            Christine Pierce Scholarship (non-music major)            Wanda Sobieska

            Leon and Ann Fenstermacher Chair            Mary Allison Brasher

            Ben Frost Scholarship            Kara (Karmi) James

            Omnova Solutions Foundation Scholarship            Daniel Nauss
           
Kent State University Bands, 2006-2007

            Director of Bands Award            Gerald Ringe

            Edward L. Masters Award            Peter Strauss

            Kappa Kappa Psi/Tau Beta Sigma Award            Elizabeth Sanders

            Roy D. Metcalf Award            Alexa McCleaster; Nicholas Blazek

College of the Arts financed internship at
the School of the American Dance Festival for
summer 2008 in Durham, North Carolina          Dylan Gomez

Outstanding Dance Musician Award – School of Theatre and Dance         Dylan Gomez

 

Closing                         ~Dr. Josef Knott, Director
                                    Hugh A. Glauser School of Music
           

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AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS OF THE HUGH A. GLAUSER SCHOOL OF MUSICScholarships are awarded on an annual and/or continuing basis according to the wishes of the scholarship donors.

Zeta Sigma, Cleveland Area Chapter of Delta Omicron International  Professional Music Fraternity, began organizing in 1953; it became an alumnae chapter in 1960.  In 1978, we awarded our first scholarship of $100 to Robert Judd, who offered to present a program for us. We now ask our recipient to perform for us, which gives us an opportunity to become acquainted.   Our award has grown to the current $500 and we present it to a worthy member of Delta Upsilon Chapter of Delta Omicron.   Through this award, we meet several of Delta Omicron's objectives: to create and foster fellowship through music; to give aid to worthy students; and to perform service.

The Zeta Omicron Chapter of the Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity was organized in the late 1940s and received its charter as an Alumnae Chapter in 1956. That same year, the Zeta Omicron Chapter began offering scholarships to Kent State University music students. The first recipient was Ann Lee Metcalf, and the award was $100. Since that time, the annual award has grown to $300. The award is based on achievement and exemplary service to the musical arts, the University, and the School of Music. Our scholarship recipients perform for the Chapter at our annual spring brunch.
Together with our scholarship recipients, we try to emulate our motto:
"Continually striving, we attain.

Dr. Gates Morgan and friends established the Dolores Parker Morgan Scholarship in 1986 to honor well-known Akron performer, Dolores Parker Morgan.  Ms. Morgan enjoyed a distinguished career as a vocalist in the Duke Ellington Orchestra as well as with many other notable bands. She starred in many movies with such legendary performers as Nat King Cole and Edward G. Robinson. She has received many awards, including the 1989 International Honorary Membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.

The Frances Crawford Memorial Award is named for contralto Frances Crawford, who performed as a recitalist and oratorio soloist in northeast Ohio. A native of Akron, Mrs. Crawford attended Graceland College in Iowa, Western Reserve University, and graduated from the University of Akron. For thirty-six years she held the position of contralto soloist at the First Congregational Church of Akron. She appeared as soloist with the Defiance Choral Society, the Fort Wayne Symphony, the Akron Symphony Orchestra, the Kansas City Philharmonic, and the Lakeside Symphony. Frances was known and admired by many for her devotion to the arts.

The Lily-Christine Wallach Scholarship was established in 1987 by the generous gift of Arthur E. Wallach to honor Lee’s accomplishments in music and to proliferate her love of music in our lives.  She graduated cum laude from Kent State University in 1951 receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Education with a major in music.  She enjoyed an 18 year career as an educator  both in music and as an elementary teacher in the Summit and Portage County area.  Ms. Wallach was also very active in local organizations supporting education and the arts such as the Children’s Concert Society.  The Scholarship is normally awarded once every four years to a high school senior whose performance area is piano and intended major is music education.  The recipient is selected based on letters of recommendation, academic record, and after auditioning for and being interviewed by selected School of Music faculty.  The applicants also submit an essay related to the candidate’s pre-college musical and non-musical activities.

The M. Ellis Fjeld Scholarship was established in the year 2000 in honor of this Viet Nam War veteran.  This award is intended to encourage students who have demonstrated the capacity to achieve educational and professional goals, the motivation to achieve them and the initiative to seek opportunities to further their progress.  The recipient must be a music major who is a student of the French horn.  Priority considerations are given to 1) a descendant of a Viet Nam veteran; 2) a full or part-time member or former member of the United States Armed Forces; 3) a student who has no relationship or involvement with the Armed Forces.

The Frederic F. Schoettler Music Scholarship in Piano Performance honors Fred Schoettler, associate professor of piano and member of the Kent State University School of Music faculty from 1964 until his retirement in 1995.  Fred was a founding member of the Kent Trio with violinist John Dempsey and clarinetist Frederick Cohen. The trio received critical acclaim at their Carnegie Recital Hall debut and performed many times in northeast Ohio during its eight-years of partnership. Fred and his wife, Theresa Dye Schoettler, were well-known performers of the piano duet and piano-duo repertory. They recorded for the Orion label. After Fred’s death in 1998, the scholarship was established to further the education of piano students of outstanding pianistic and musical skills.

The Leopold Sipe Award is named for Professor Sipe, founder of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and professor of violin and conductor of the Kent State University Orchestra from the late 1970s-1980. Sipe and Benjamin McGinnis were instrumental in the organization of the Kent Orchestra Society in 1972. Since 1993, the Orchestra Society has presented an annual award in Sipe’s name to players who are selected by the director of the orchestra and peers.

The Benjamin G. and Marie A. McGinnis Chair honors Benjamin McGinnis, a co-founder of the Kent State University Orchestra Society, and his wife Marie. Benjamin McGinnis, the first President of the Orchestra Society, was a Kent State University graduate.  He served on the University's staff from 1949-1981. At the time of his retirement, Dr. McGinnis was Associate Vice President for Student and Academic Affairs. Following Dr. McGinnis's death in 1987, his widow, Marie, and the Orchestra Society established the Benjamin G. McGinnis Chair, which is held by the Concertmaster of the Kent State University Orchestra.  Now the Chair is named in honor of both Ben and Marie.

The G. Frank Elgin Cello Chair was established by Mildred Elgin Bumphrey in memory of her father. Mrs. Bumphrey was a charter member of the Kent State University Orchestra Society and has been closely tied to the University community and its fine musical traditions for over 70 years. Mrs. Bumphrey credits much of her development as an educator, musician, and philanthropist to her father, a prominent Kent optometrist and an accomplished musician.

The Roy. D. Metcalf Award is named for Kent State University music professor Roy Metcalf, a member of the music faculty from 1929 until his death in 1954. Metcalf founded the University’s first student marching band and later developed it into nationally famous twin marching bands. The bands performed annually at Cleveland Browns football games and made public appearances, such as a performance at a Philadelphia Municipal Stadium charity event. Metcalf was the founder and first president of the Ohio Inter-Collegiate Band Association.  Beta Psi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, the national men’s band honorary, and Alpha Gamma chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, the national women’s band honorary, were established on the Kent campus through his efforts.  

2007-2008 Pi Kappa Lambda Officers

Michael Chunn, President
~Ted Rounds, Secretary/Treasurer