The fund helps musicians with the transition between pupil {and professional} life

(Picture credit score: M. Fischetti)
The Curtis Institute of Music has named the twenty former Curtis musicians who will obtain grants within the second spherical of its Daniel W. Dietrich II Younger Alumni Fund. The fund helps younger gamers who’re within the early levels of creating their careers, offering one-off funds of between $1,000 and $8,000.
The twenty grant recipients are as follows:
• Maia Cabeza (Violin ’12)
• Stas Chernyshev (Clarinet ’14, ArtistYear ’17)
• Youna Choi (Cello ’16)
• Timothy Chooi (Violin ‘17)
• TJ Cole (Composition ’16, ArtistYear ’17)
• Abi Fayette (Violin ’17, Group Artist Fellow ’19)
• Vartan Gabrielian (Voice ’17, Opera ’19)
• Joshua Halpern (Viola ’05)
• Gergana Haralampieva (Violin ’16)
• Maria Ioudenitch (Violin ’18)
• Ethan Jodziewicz (Double Bass ’15)
• Jazimina MacNeil (Opera ’14)
• Addison Maye-Saxon (Trombone ’19)
• Calvin Mayman (Flute ’22)
• Kenshi Miyatani (Horn ’21)
• Andrea Obiso (Violin ’19)
• Alize Rozsnyai (Voice ’13, Opera ’15, ArtistYear ’17)
• Catherine Van Handel (Bassoon ’15)
• Alexander Vvedenskiy (Oboe ’14)
• Alyssa Weinberg (Composition ’16)
• Elizabeth Younan (Composition ’21)
• Tyler Zimmerman (Opera ’18)
“Our graduates are among the most revolutionary and completed musicians on the earth,” mentioned Shea Scruggs, Curtis’s Director of Institutional Analysis and Musician Expertise, in addition to Chief Enrollment Officer.
“Their management is an countless supply of inspiration for the following era of classical artists right here at Curtis and past. We’re proud to assist and empower younger alumni as they transfer into the following part of their inventive journeys.”
“We perceive the concerted effort required to place ahead a considerate proposal, and we’re grateful for everybody who utilized throughout this cycle,” he continued. “I need to thank the alumni who served on the analysis panel for his or her meticulous and devoted work in choosing the grantees.”