Student Prizes
Awarded at the Yale School of Music Honors Dinner, May 1, 2011
The Woods Chandler Memorial Prize, for the best composition in a larger form written during the year. Awarded to Andy Akiho.
The Phyllis Curtin Career Entry Prize, to assist in launching the careers of graduating students who demonstrate exceptional promise and talent as artists. Awarded to Sherezade K. Panthaki and Domenic Robert Salerni.
The Broadus Erle Prize, to outstanding violinists in the School of Music. Awarded to Igor Pikayzen, Alexander Wallace Farmer Read, and Edson Scheid de Andrade.
The Eliot Fisk Prize, to an outstanding guitarist whose artistic achievement and dedication have contributed greatly to the department. Awarded to Ian H.N.K. O’Sullivan.
Friedmann Thesis Prize, for a Master of Musical Arts thesis notable for its distinguished research, original perspective, in-depth engagement with its subject, and well-crafted presentation. Awarded to Brian Colgan Bartoldus.
The Rena Greenwald Memorial Prize, for the best piano composition written during the year. Awarded to Paul Thomas Kerekes.
Georgina Lucy Grosvenor Memorial Prize, to the violist in the graduating class whose performances while at Yale have exhibited the highest potential for success as a soloist or chamber musician. Awarded to Edwin Isaac Kaplan.
The Charles Ives Prize, to an outstanding organ major. Awarded to Kenneth Scott Miller.
The John Day Jackson Prize, for an outstanding chamber music composition written for strings, with or without other instruments. Awarded to Erik David Adrian Knight.
The David L. Kasdon Memorial Prize, to an outstanding singer in the School of Music. Awarded to David Wesley Pershall.
The Dorothy Kish Prize, to an outstanding first-year student of opera. Awarded to Annie R. Rosen.
The Frances E. Osborne Kellogg Memorial Prize, for the best composition written in a contrapuntal style. Awarded to Omar Surillo.
The Ezra Laderman Prize, for the best composition written for musical theater or voice. Awarded to Reena Maria Esmail.
The Charles S. Miller Prize, to a gifted pianist who has done outstanding work during the first year of study. Awarded to Larry Weng.
The Philip Francis Nelson Prize, for a student whose musicianship is outstanding and who demonstrates curiosity, talent, and entrepreneurial spirit in the many dimensions of the music profession. Awarded to Ruben Rodriguez.
The Thomas Daniel Nyfenger Prize, to a student who has demonstrated the highest standard of excellence in woodwind playing. Awarded to Emil Adelievich Khudyev Hudyyev.
The Aldo Parisot Prize, to gifted cellists who show promise for concert careers. Awarded to Philo Lee and Ying Zhang.
The Elizabeth Parisot Prize, to outstanding pianists in the School of Music. Awarded to Jeannette Hse-Lin Fang and Esther Jung-A Park.
The Presser Foundation Music Award, for an outstanding student, to advance his or her music education. Awarded to Edward Qing Yin Tan.
The Julia R. Sherman Prize, for excellence in organ playing. Awarded to Ian Andrew Tomesch.
The John Swallow Prize, to a graduating student for outstanding brass performance. Awarded to Wayman Jerome Stover, Jr.
The Yale School of Music Alumni Association Prize, for students who have not only excelled in their respective fields, but have also made an important contribution to the general life of the School. Awarded to Andy Akiho, Michael Patrick Compitello, Lindsay Jane Garritson, Aleksey Klyushnik, Holly Rose Piccoli, Joseph Lawrence Ripka, Ian David Rosenbaum, and Sara Anne Wollmacher.
Awarded at Commencement Ceremonies, May 23, 2011
The Harriet Gibbs Fox Memorial Prize, to a student who has achieved the highest grade point average during his or her first year at the School of Music. Awarded to Jessica Nicole Lasco.
The Horatio Parker Memorial Prize, to students selected by the faculty as best fulfilling Dean Parker’s lofty musical ideals. Awarded to Jordan Adam Kuspa.
The Dean’s Prize, the School’s highest excellence award, given to a member of the graduating class who is selected by the dean in consultation with the faculty. Awarded to Xi Chen.
