2007–2008 Travel Grants

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
