THE SHEPHERD SOCIETY - SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

Merit Scholarships, Grants, Awards and Prizes
2012-2013 Academic Year

The following awards are given to Shepherd School students on the basis of outstanding achievement.  Funding for the 2012-2013 awards is provided by existing endowments and by the contributions made to The Shepherd Society during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Principal Orchestral Chair Guarantors
Anne and Charles Duncan Concertmaster Chair
Niccolo Muti, violin

Annette and Hugh Gragg Principal Chair in Cello                                                   
Jesse Christeson, cello

Charlotte A. Rothwell Principal Chair in Keyboard
Aya Yamamoto, piano chamber music

Endowed Scholarships
Sallie Shepherd Perkins Prize for Best Achievement
Luke Hsu, violin

Nancy and William Akers Endowed Scholarship in Music
Camilo Davila, clarinet

J.D. Bucky and Cynthia V. Allshouse Endowed Scholarship
Jill Valentine, viola

Ralph A. Anderson Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Joanna Becker, violin

The Appassionata Endowed Scholarship in Music
Annamarie Reader, cello

Bill Arhos '57 Endowed Scholarship in Cello
Chauncey Aceret, cello

Leo W. and Frances C. Atkinson Memorial Scholarship in Voice
Allegra De Vita, voice

Fredric J. Attermeier Endowed Scholarship in Percussion
Colin Ryan, percussion

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Barrow Endowed Scholarship in Cello  
Matthew Kufchak, cello

Cecilia Bartoli Endowed Scholarship
Yekaterina Gruzglina, voice

Edward J. and Frances Bing Memorial Scholarship
Teresa Procter, voice

Edward J. and Frances Bing Memorial Scholarship
Rebecca Sorensen, voice

Ann and John Bookout Endowed Scholarship in Piano
Richard Marshall, piano

Dorothy K. Brockman Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Joseph Eletto, voice

Emma Pearl Byrne Endowed Scholarship
Kostadin Dyulgerski, viola

Dr. Mischa Caplan Endowed Scholarship in Music
Daniel Kopp, cello

Margaret and Emory Carl Endowed Scholarship in Music
Nina DeCesare, double bass

Lawrence E. Carlton Prize in Opera
Samuel Waters, voice

Alice Winston Carter Music Scholarship
Kathryn Driscoll, trumpet

John Tsung-Chen Chao Scholarship
Ritchie Zah, violin

Paul and Christiane Cooper Prize in Composition
Aleks Savitski, composition

Edward A. Cowart Fellowship in Opera
Cristina Curzon, voice

Paul E. Craven Endowed Scholarship
Emily Snyder, oboe

Jim and Molly Crownover Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Katherine Smith, voice

Denson Endowed Music Scholarship in Percussion
Lindsey Pietrek, percussion

Elva Kalb Dumas Prize in Music
Julia Dawson, voice

Lillian H. Duncan Prize in Piano
Hui Shan Chin, piano

H. Clayton Edwards Scholarship in Horn
Emily Nagel, horn

Robin Elverson Endowed Scholarship in Music
Lin Ma, clarinet

Walter C. "Buddy" English Endowed Scholarship in Piano
Joseph Kingma, piano

Mary Louise Embry Estill Scholarship
Meghan Caulkett, harp

J. Thomas and Nancy Moore Eubank Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Kaitlyn Johnson, voice

Kenneth Fitzgerald and Jill Sullivan Endowed Scholarship in Trumpet
Ian Kivler, trumpet

Taylor Kyle and Nora Scarborough Flack Scholarship
Jessica Anastasio, flute

Renée Fleming Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Rafael Moras, voice

Raphael Fliegel Endowed Scholarship in Violin
Robert Landes, violin

Armando Ghitalla Endowed Scholarship in Music
Philip Hembree, trumpet

Frederick Royal Gibbons Memorial Award
Michael Ging, organ

Jack and Linda Gill Scholarship
Andrew Focks, piano

Gill Foundation Scholarship
Lisa Park, violin

William E. and Elva F. Gordon Scholarship
Luke Sanchez, percussion

John and Mary Ellen Graham Endowed Scholarship
Nicholas Browne, double bass

Michael Hammond Endowed Scholarship
Steven Holloway, trombone

Michael P. Hammond Memorial Scholarship in Music
Joseph Grimmer, bassoon

Alice Hanchett Memorial Family Endowed Scholarship
Rebecca Landell, cello

Erwin and Emily Heinen Prize in Music
Emma Bobbs, cello

Hewlett-Packard Company Scholarship
Maura McCune, horn

Hines Endowed Scholarship in Music
Paul Cannon, double bass

The Winifred and Maurice Hirsch Memorial Scholarship
Coleman Itzkoff, cello

Emmamae Horn Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Sean O'Neal, violin

Katie Walter Hubert Scholarship
Kayla Burggraf, flute

Lynne and Joe Hudson Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Stephanie Jordan, voice

Carl and Lillian Illig Scholarship
Mina Gajic, piano chamber music

Henry and Betty Jackson Scholarship
Emily Boudreaux, musicology

Mary Gibbs Jones Endowed Scholarship
Shih-Wei Cheng, piano

Kinder Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Music
Erik Lawrence, piano

Mary Root Kirkland Prize in Voice
Calvin Griffin, voice

Janey and Melvin Lack Shepherd School Endowed Scholarship
Erin Fung, clarinet

Helen Lawrence-Toombs Scholarship in Music
Caroline Nelson, harp

Gwendolyn Jaster Lederer Scholarship in Piano
Zhu Zhu, piano

Larry J. Livingston Prize in Violin
Yi Zhao, violin

Robert L. Lohse Memorial Scholarship in Music
Young Kim, horn

Bertha Mallard Scholarship for Music Composition
Robert McClure, composition

Jay and Shirley Marks Endowed Scholarship
Nicholas Cathcart, double bass

Marian Fox Martel Scholarship in Piano
Choyoung Kim, piano

Elaine and Jerry McCleskey Endowed Scholarship in Piano
Hye Eun Yoo, piano

Steven and Sheila Miller Foundation Orchestral Scholarship
Kevin Brown, double bass

George R. Miner Jr. ’50 Endowed Scholarship in Music
Caroline Ewan, violin

Paula Meredith Mosle Endowed Scholarship in Music
Juan Olivares, clarinet

Marilyn T. Mountain Endowed Scholarship
Alex Zdanis, bassoon

Willie M. Muery Scholarship
Makiko Hirata, piano

Dr. Joseph A. and Ida Kirkland Mullen Scholarships for Advanced Study
Joel Link, string quartet
Bryan Lee, string quartet
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, string quartet
Camden Shaw, string quartet

Edward K. Muraski Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Abigail Lindig, voice

Daraugh Anne Myers-Turner Endowed Scholarship in Music
Eun-Mi Lee, violin

Joan Adams Crain Nelson Music Scholarship
Danielle Rossbach, cello

Richard E. Norris Endowed Fund
Micah Ringham, violin

Haylett O'Neill Jr. and Kate Patton O'Neill Endowed Scholarship
Wenmin Zhang, bassoon

Itzhak Perlman Endowed Scholarship in Violin
Philip Marten, violin

Sara Meredith Peterson Scholarship
Rachel Shepard, violin

Clarence Jefferson Prim Prize in Percussion
Andrew Keller, percussion

Burt Duke Raiza Prize in Piano
Viktor Valkov, piano

Herbert B. Rogers Jr. Scholarship in Piano
Daphne Honma, piano

Charlotte A. Rothwell Endowed Scholarship
Patrick, Tsuji, flute

The Schissler Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Rachel Sigman, voice

Kathryn Daily Segner Scholarship
Monica Czausz, organ

Rex Shanks Jr. Memorial Music Scholarship
Benjamin Krause, composition

Samuel Morris Slack Music Scholarship
Matthew Berliner, horn

Levi (Le) A. Stark Endowed Fund in Piano
Filip Blachnio, piano

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Endowed Scholarships in Violin                                       
Susannah Foster, violin
Jacqueline Kitzmiller, violin       
Courtney Silver, violin

Solon E. Summerfield Foundation Scholarship
David Connor, double bass

Phyllis Burnell and Garrett Rezeau Tucker Endowed Scholarship in Music
Kyle Siegrist, trombone

Francese Moran Tusa Endowed Scholarship
Nicolas Chona, clarinet

William H. Vernor, Jr. Scholarship
Benjamin Stoehr, cello

Logan C. and Ione G. Waterman Scholarship
Allyson Goodman, viola

André Watts Scholarship
Linda Angkasa, piano

André Watts Endowed Scholarship
Tomasz Robak, piano

Abigail Diane Dalton Williams Endowed Scholarship
Christopher McKiggan, piano

Dorothy Lottman Williams Endowed Memorial Scholarship
Philippa Jarvis, violin

Mary Ellen and Dick Wilson Endowed Scholarship in Music
Bridget Casey, voice

Eula and David Wintermann Scholarship
Michael Frigo, cello

Wolff-Toomim Foundation Endowed Scholarship
Ioana Ionita, violin

Helen S. Worden Scholarship in Music
Qiyao Yang, violin

Sam P. and Helen S. Worden Endowed Scholarship
Marcus DeLoach, voice

Robert A. Yekovich Endowed Scholarship in Music
Charles Halka, composition

Full-Tuition Scholarships                                                                                       
John E. Guida Foundation Full Tuition Scholarships
Jeffrey Nesrsta, bassoon
Emily Klein, harp

Mr. and Mrs. Alva Carlton Sr. & Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Holden Sr. Memorial Scholarship  
Lijia Phang, violin

The Shepherd School of Music Distinguished Fellowships in Violin
Kuan-yu Chen, violin
Tianjie Lu, violin
Anastasia Sukhopara, violin

Scholarships                                                                                                                   
Ms. Joe Anne Berwick Scholarship
David Gonzalez, violin

Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Blair Scholarship
Michael Ehrenkranz, double bass

Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation Scholarship
Yvonne Smith, viola

Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation Scholarship
Richard Stiles, bass trombone

Dr. and Mrs. Michael L. Johnson Scholarship
Meghan Nenniger, violin

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Scholarships in Violin
Horng-Ann Liang, violin
Boson Mo, violin
Ben Odhner, violin
Rieho Yu, violin

Grants                                                                                                                                
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Hanna Grant
Christina Arroyo, voice

David and Andrea Hayes Grant in Organ
Yuri McCoy, organ

Gary Mercer Grant
Sophia Parente, oboe

Awards                                                                                                                              
Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Blanton Sr. Award
Ilana Mercer, viola

Skip Dalton Award
Carmen Abelson, violin

Frank and Linda Driskill Award
Arielle Carrara, voice

Cheryl and Andrew Fossler Award
John Turman, horn

Clare A. Glassell Award
Alexander Clouse, composition

Diana and Russell Hawkins Award
Christen Sparago, flute

Lynne Hudson and Edward Joseph Hudson Jr. Award
Renaud Boucher-Browning, double bass

Bridget Jensen Award
Maya Rothfuss, viola

Elizabeth and Albert Kidd Award
Naomi Benecasa, cello

Pat and James P. Landers Award
Ashley Pelton, viola

Ginni and Richard Mithoff Award
Emily Jackson, violin

Nancy and Lucian Morrison Award
Chelsea Sharpe, violin

Lillian Ortiz Award in Voice
Abigail Dock, voice

Maggie and Leon Polek Award
Carey Skinner, viola

Mrs. Ray Simpson Award
Hilary Purrington, composition

Spec's Charitable Foundation Award
Lucas Button, cello

Vicki West Award
Daniel Smith, double bass

Robert and Michele Yekovich Award
Aleks Savitski, composition

Prizes                                                                                                                                 
Robert and Rachel Ames Prize
Heather Thomas, violin

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Prize
Joshua Horne, horn

G. M. Ken Bado Prize
Gloria Palermo, voice

Richard Bado Prize
Nicholas Brownlee, voice

William N. Barnard Prize in Organ
Dorothy VanDine, organ

Bill and Peggy Barnett Prize
Catherine Broyles, flute

Lizinka M. Benton Prize
Wei Wang, oboe

Joseph Brazzatti Jr. Prize
Brandon Mason, double bass

Raymond and Susan Brochstein Prize
Erik Wheeler, cello

The Brown Foundation, Inc. Prize
Amulet Strange, flute

Nancy and Clint Carlson Prize
Nicholas Davies, clarinet

Kevin and Janet Casey Prize
Ian Hallas, double bass

Janet F. Clark Prize
Allan Hon, cello

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Clarke Prize
Andrew Schneider, composition

Mr. and Mrs. Gary T. Crum Prize
Michelle Pan, oboe

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Davis Prize
Julian Nguyen, violin

Neal Diamond Prize
Kelly Mozeik, oboe

Mary S. Dix Prize
Judy Park, piano

Katherine B. Dobelman Prize
Rosemary Salvucci, double bass

Olivia Estrada Prize
Justis MacKenzie, tuba

Sidney Faust Prize
Rebecca Reale, violin

Jerry and Nanette Finger Prize
Samuel Dharma, piano

Sarah and Doug Foshee Prize
Matthew Lengas, oboe

Neal and Catherine Gassman Prize
Andrew Banzhaf, double bass

David and Barbara Jenkins Gibbs Prize
Jarrad Mathie, cello

Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Prize
Stephen Houck, trombone

Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Prize
Ran Kampel, clarinet

Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Prize
Xiaodi Liu, oboe

Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Prize
David Sedgwick, trumpet

Mr. and Mrs. Melbern G. Glasscock Prize
Blake Turner, viola

Stephen W. and Mariglyn Glenn Prize
Michael Severance, bassoon

Dr. Margaret Ann Goldstein Prize
Ariana Nelson, cello

Dr. Arthur Gottschalk Prize
Nigel Deane, composition

Shinik Hahm Prize
Daniel Knaggs, composition

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herder Prize
Nathanael Udell, horn

Dorene and Frank Herzog Prize
Hoi Yue Ng, viola

Margaret and Melvin Hildebrandt Prize
Andrew McCormick, trumpet

Frank E. Hood Jr. Prize
Joshua Halpern, cello

David and Julie Itz Prize
Darren Campion, musicology

Lollie Lowe Jack Prize
Scott McCreary, cello

Mr. and Mrs. James K. Jennings Jr. Prize
Zachary Gauvain, clarinet

Robert and Cristle Collins Judd Prize
Qingfan Jiang, musicology

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Prize
Francesca McNeeley, cello

James and Rose Marie King Prize in Voice
Rafael Moras, voice

Stephen King Prize
Kelley Kimball, voice

Terry and Carole Koonce Prize
Satoko Hayami, piano chamber music

Lilian Kranitz Memorial Prize
Nathan Cunningham, tuba

David W. Leebron and Y. Ping Sun Prize
Carson Marshall, violin

Loewenstern Foundation Prize
Maxwell Geissler, cello

E. W. and Sara Long Prize
Antoinette Gan, cello

Marilyn G. Lummis Prize
Dean Georgton, percussion

Cora Sue and Harry Mach Prize
Ryan Fox, viola

Beth Madison Prize
Aaron Perdue, flute

Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Malinak Prize
Emily Nebel, violin

Rodney H. and Judy E. Margolis Prize
Jennifer Wey, violin

Matthew McCarthy Prize
Brandon Bell, percussion

Barbara McCelvey Prize
Everett Burns, horn

Drs. Thomas and Michelle McHugh Prize
Ryan Rongone, trombone

Burt and Deedee McMurtry Prize
Aaron Conitz, viola

The Robert and Janice McNair Foundation Prize
Evan Hulbert, double bass

Iris McWilliams Prize
Andrew DuComb, horn

Dr. and Mrs. William E. Mitch Prize
Eric Gratz, violin

John S. Moody Prize
Marie-Elyse Badeau, viola

Jay A. Mouton Prize
Sung-Sil Ro, violin

Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Palmer Prize
Jessica Goldbaum, bassoon

Nancy and Robert Peiser Prize
Bing Wei, cello

Michael Pewitt Prize
Yvonne Chen, piano

Mr. and Mrs. Risher Randall Prize
Lidia Geabou, piano

Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Reckling III Prize
Eric Hennies, trumpet

Louisa Stude Sarofim Prize
Geoffrey Herd, violin

H. Irving Schweppe Jr. M.D. Prize
Yurie Farnsworth, piano

Georgene and Walter Sickles Memorial Prize
Ling-Ling Huang, violin

Louis H. Skidmore Jr. Prize
Xin Liu, violin

Graham C. Stebbings Memorial Prize
Brendan McMullen, composition

Neal Tannahill Prize
Daniel Wang, viola

Alice and Terry Thomas Prize
Robert Cornelison, bassoon

Jane Ann and Jasper Welch Prize
Miran Kim, violin

Mr. and Mrs. D. Reed Wilson Prize                                                                 
Sergein Yap, viola

Owen Wister Literary Society Alumnae Prize
James Blanchard, flute

Mrs. Joyce Rowell Wylie Prize
Bailey Firszt, viola

Edith and Robert Zinn Prize
Rachel Li, viola