College of Musical Arts

2007–2008 Travel Grants

Promusica

Nearly $39,000 was awarded to 98 College of Musical Arts students in need of funds toward travel expenses to attend national and international competitions, festivals and conferences.

International

Bel Canto Institute (Florence, Italy)

Abigail Krawson

Jean-Marie Londeix Saxophone International Competition (Thailand)

Joel Diegert and Sean Patayanikorn

“Music & Art in Florence” Workshop, Studio Art Centers International (SACI) (Florence, Italy)

Morgan Rich

Ohio Ambassadors of Music European Tour

Eryk Grycza

Orford Sound Art Workshop (Montreal, Canada)

Shane Hoose

Sixth International Summer Academy & Festival (Corfu, Greece)

Yijia Bu, Casie Dietrich, Pamela Klueck, Karl Larson, Kathryn Mielke, Caitlin Stoner, Ying-Wei Sung, Simeng Wu and Jiung Yoon

Study Abroad (The Saxophone in Paris)

Andrew Braet

Study Abroad (Tours, France and Salzburg, Austria)

Ivana Tjandra

Symposium: “Understanding Bach’s Mass in B Minor” (Belfast, Ireland)

Kathryn Lent

Third Edwardo Mata International Conducting Competition (Mexico)

Ocatvio Más-Arocas

World Music Cultures Workshop (Accra, Ghana)

Heather Bergseth and Karen Schmieg

National

American Harp Society 38th National Conference (Dearborn, Mich.)

Danielle Bash

Arts Enterprise (New Orleans)

Kristen Hoverman, Chelsea Schumann and Kate Velazquez

Chicago Flute Club Flute Festival and Young Artist Competition

Kristen Hoverman and Yeji Kim

Clarinet Symposium (Oklahoma)

Elizabeth Lawler

Composition Premiere by the Xanthos Ensemble of Boston (New York City)

Daniel Knaggs

Eastern Music Festival (Greensboro, N.C.)

Denielle Buenger

Electronic Music Midwest Festival (Kansas City, Mo.)

Timothy Stulman

International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition (Boston)

Spencer Prewitt and Laure Vermeulin

Masterworks Festival (Winona Lake, Ind.)

Peter Oehrtman

2007 Midwest Clinic—Band & Orchestra Conference

Chris Baumgartner, Jeff Dunford, Brian McLemore, Andy Messerli, Amy Riske, Melinda Schoeneck, Felecia Tchen and Jacqueline Townsend

Music Teacher’s National Association Conference (Denver)

Yijia Bu, Pamela Klueck, Rachel Mauricio, Yee Von Ng, Ivana Tjandra and Chia-Fang Tu

National Collegiate Wind Ensemble in Carnegie Hall (New York City)

Jeff Dunford and Andrew Sprung

North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference (S.C.)

James Fusik, Jeff Heisler and Yeji Kim

Panoramic Flute Workshop (Colorado)

Kristen Hoverman and Kelsi Milam

Piano Competitions in Calif., La., Wa. and Ill.

Irina Arbatskaya

Piano Workshop by Vitaliy Margulis (UCLA)

Ekaterina Bessmeltseva

2008 Society for ElectroAcoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) National Conference (Utah)

Stacy Borden

2007 Society for Music Theory National Conference (Baltimore)

Emily Kausalik

12th Annual Rochester Flute Fair Competition

Andrea Avers, Sarah Henderly, Chelsea Koziatek and Kelsi Milam

Regional

Ohio Music Education Association Professional Development Conference (Cincinnati)

Christopher Baumgartner, Lindsey Baumgartner, Gwyneth Foster, Jami Haswell, Joshua Jones, Brian McLemore, Nate Oshaben and Felecia Tchen

Percussive Arts Society International Convention (Columbus)

Gregory Brown and Yu-Tzu Huang

Private Voice Lessons with jazz vocalist Kim Nazarian

Cassandra Gress, Andrew Marunowski and Morgen Stiegler

Private Voice Lessons with George Shirley (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

LaRiché Jones

Tuesday Music Association Scholarship (Akron)

Rouxu Chen and Yeji Kim