Student Accolades 2019 Oberlin Conservatory honors & awards
The Walter E. Aschaffenburg Prize Awarded to a graduating senior for outstanding music composition. Oliver Kwapis ’19 Composition The Louis and Marguerite Bloomberg Greenwood Prize Awarded to graduating students excelling in cello, piano, violin, or voice. Kyle Miller ’19 Voice
The Faustina Hurlbutt Prize Awarded to an outstanding graduating student in cello, piano, violin, or voice. Katherine Lerner Lee ’19 Voice & French Jerry Xiong ’19 Violin & Chemistry The Theodore Presser Undergraduate Scholarship Awarded to an outstanding returning student for excellence in musicianship. Rachel Gibson ’20 Percussion & TIMARA
Magda Kuzma ’19 Voice & Psychology The Arthur Dann Senior Piano Competition Awarded to the winner of this juried competition for excellence in piano performance. Jiaqing Luo ’21 Piano
Liam Kaplan ’20 Piano & Composition
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Raphael Boden ’19 Cello & French Britten: Cello Symphony, Op. 68 with the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
The Wendell and Bettye Logan Prize in Jazz Studies Awarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in performance or composition. Caleb Smith ’19 Jazz Trombone The James Stamp Award Awarded for outstanding achievement by a trumpet player.
Andrew Conover ’19 Trumpet
Dani Braga ’19 Piano The Louis and Annette Kaufman Prize in Violin Awarded to an outstanding student of violin. Jerry Xiong ’19 Violin & Chemistry
The Piano Faculty Prize in Accompanying Awarded to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence in accompanying singers and instrumentalists. Zheyu Crystal Jiang ’19 Piano The James H. Hall Prize in Musicology Awarded to a graduating senior for excellence in work in musicology. Catherine Lytle ’19 Musical Studies & East Asian Studies BMI Student Composer Award Awarded to young composers of classical music in recognition of superior compositional ability and to promote further study. Liam Kaplan ’20 Piano & Composition
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The Fulbright Scholar Program Awarded to students for their academic merit and leadership potential with the opportunity to study internationally. Phoebe Durand McDonnell ’19 Harp (Switzerland) Carson Fratus ’19 Percussion (India) Catherine Lytle ’19 Musical Studies & East Asian Studies (South Korea)
YEVHEN GULENKO (KUZMA), FADI KHEIR (SMITH)
The Rudolf Serkin Scholarship Awarded to a student demonstrating excellence in piano performance.
Tianmi Wu ’19 Piano Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 with the Oberlin Orchestra
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The Carol Nott Piano Pedagogy Prize Awarded to an outstanding graduating senior for continued study in piano pedagogy. Kaplan
Zheyu Crystal Jiang ’19 Piano Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26 with the Oberlin Orchestra
Xinyuan Wang ’19 Violin Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 74 with the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra
Kuzma
The Margot Bos Stambler ’84 Professional Development Award Awarded to outstanding voice majors of great promise to enhance career opportunities.
2018-19 CONCERTO COMPETITION WINNERS Awarded annually to senior and artist diploma instrumental students.