Tuesday Musical Association awarded $24,800 in scholarship monies to 22 talented young music students at the recent scholarship competition held at The University of Akron. The top winners of the competition will perform at the annual Scholarship Recital on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 2:00 pm at the Akron Art Museum in downtown Akron. Jean Blair, Tuesday Musical Association’s Scholarship Chair, has announced that a remaining $2,000 will be awarded at this recital, which is free and open to the public.

The adjudicated competition held on Saturday, March 15 attracted over 100 students from around the state.  The winning students represented 7 colleges and universities:  The University of Akron, Kent State University, Cleveland Institute of Music, The University of Cincinnati, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Xavier University, and Capital University. 


The twelve scholarship winners who received $1,400 awards were: 
Sean McGhee, Trombone, University of Cincinnati
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Brass (State)

Nicholas Strebendt, Trombone, The University of Akron
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Brass (Local)

Scott Cuellar, Piano, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Piano (State)

Elosande Pereira, Piano, The University of Akron
Marguerite Thomas & Gertrude Lancaster Scholarship for Piano (Local)

Yan Tong, Violin, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Strings (State)
 
Flora Nevarez, Violin, The University of Akron
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Strings (Local)

Elizabeth Zharoff, Soprano, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Voice (State)

Alisha Atkins, Soprano, The University of Akron
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Voice (Local)

Boris Allakhverdyan, Clarinet, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Woodwind (State)

Brenda Bourillon, Bassoon, Kent State University
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Woodwind (Local)

Mark Merriman, Music Education, Xavier University
Winifred Collins Scholarship (State)

Kara James, Music Education, Kent State University
Gertrude Seiberling Scholarship (Local)

The ten scholarship winners who received $800 awards were: 
Philip Martinson, Trombone, The University of Akron
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Brass (State)

Alicia Andjelkovic, Trumpet, The University of Akron
Tuesday Musical Scholarship for Brass (Local)

Fan Zhang, Piano, Capital University
Clarenz J. Lightfritz Scholarship for Piano (State)

Richard Jeric, Piano, Kent State University
Zada Willaman Scholarship for Piano (Local)

Nicholas Tavani, Violin, Cleveland Institute of Music
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Strings (State)

Sarah Mozena, Violin, The University of Akron
Tuesday Musical Scholarship for Strings (Local)

Melanie Emig, Soprano, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Gertrude Marta Pflaum Scholarship for Voice (State)

Rachel Morrison, Soprano, The University of Akron
Ruby Bird Scholarship for Voice (Local)

Stanislav Golovin, Clarinet, Cleveland Institute of Music
Arden J. Yockey Scholarship for Woodwind (State)

Shelly Smith, Flute, The University of Akron
Ann, Emily, and Jeffrey Gleason and Sara, Travis and Caitlin Rea Scholarship for Woodwind (Local)

The $1,400 scholarship award winners will be presented at the scholarship recital in the new Akron Art Museum’s 160-seat auditorium. This recital will be adjudicated and the two performers judged to have given the best performances will each receive an additional $1,000 Arden J. Yockey Performance Scholarship award. All are invited to remain for the post-concert reception in the museum’s atrium, at which time the two additional scholarships will be announced.

The Tuesday Musical Association Scholarship Program has grown in breadth and scope since the generous bequest from Eva Mae Yockey in 1998, in memory of her brother Arden J. Yockey.  The terms of this bequest were very specific: the money was to be used for scholarships. Today, Tuesday Musical offers both local and state awards and students from across the state compete annually for these awards in the categories of piano, strings, voice, woodwinds and brass. Since Mr. Yockey was an educator in the Norton Public Schools his entire life, Tuesday Musical also established two $1,400 Music Education Scholarships, one local and one statewide.

Tuesday Musical’s Scholarship Program is recognized as one of the best in Ohio and the winners represent tomorrow’s performers, educators and community leaders.   You are invited to attend the recital on May 18th and to discover the extraordinary talent of these promising young musicians.  Admission is free, as is parking across the street in the library’s parking deck. 

For further information contact the Tuesday Musical office at 330.972.2342.