Academic Achievement and Service Awards
2021-2022
Undergraduate Student Awards | Graduate Student Awards
The University of California San Diego’s Department of Music is proud to announce the Undergraduate and Graduate Student award recipients for academic achievement and service during the 2021-2022 academic year. Anthony Burr, chair of the Department of Music, presented Undergraduate and Graduate Music awards on behalf of the Department in the Conrad Prebys Music Center, Recital Hall on Monday, May 23, 2022.
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Anthony Burr, pictured with Undergraduate Music Honors Students Sophia DiGiovanni, Angel Cole,
Eric Nguyen, Julia Yu, Evan Lam, and Terry Feng - May 23, 2022
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Undergraduate Student Prizes and Awards |
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The Cheatham Prize - ADAM WOLL
In honor of the late James “Jimmy” Cheatham, in recognition for his many dedicated years directing the jazz program and jazz ensembles at UC San Diego, the faculty established the Cheatham Prize in 2004. Each year, the music faculty and the undergraduate committee selects the most outstanding undergraduate music major pursuing the jazz concentration. Criteria for the award includes excellence in musicianship (including the disciplines of performance, theory, or composition), success in academic studies, and department service.
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The Farrell Prize - JULIA YU
The faculty established the Farrell Prize in honor of cellist Peter Farrell who retired in June 1991 after many years of dedicated teaching undergraduate music theory. The music faculty and undergraduate committee selects the most outstanding undergraduate Music Major to graduate each year. Although awarded at the end of spring quarter, students graduating at the end of fall and winter quarters may also be candidates. Excellence in musicianship, scholarship and department service will be the criteria for the award.
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The Dr. Milton H. Saier, Sr. Memorial Award - TERRY FENG and JULIA YU
The Dr. Milton H. Saier, Sr. Memorial Awards Fund was established at UC San Diego in 1998 to support an annual awards program for the Departments of Music, Theatre and Dance, Literature, and Biology. Each year, the Department of Music is given funds by the Saier family for an award to acknowledge “outstanding classical music performance by an undergraduate student.”
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The Stewart Prize - DAEUN SEONG
Muir College Provost Emeritus John Stewart created this award to recognize creative works by undergraduate students in Fine Arts departments. Music majors may submit scores, give performances, deliver papers, or choose other projects for participation in the Spring Celebration of the Arts each Spring quarter.
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The Jazz Society Award - SOPHIA DIGIOVANNI and BEN REDLAWSK
The Jazz Society of Lower Southern California, with the assistance of Provost Emeritus John Stewart, has established an endowment which provides two prizes each spring quarter to the graduate student and the undergraduate student who have made the most outstanding contributions to the UC San Diego Jazz Ensemble in the past year. The winner is chosen by Professor Mark Dresser, in consultation with the Jazz Society Board.
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The Bertram Turetzky Award - SOPHIA DIGIOVANNI
Established in 2004 in honor of Professor Emeritus and bassist Bertram Turetzky, the Turetzky Award recognizes the exceptional departmental, campus-wide and community musical participation and outreach by an outstanding undergraduate performer.
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ICAM-Music Awards
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Artist: TIMOTHY GMEINER
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Research: EITO MURAKAMI
This award is given to a graduating senior in recognition of achievement in both technical and artistic mastery of the foundations of music and digital media. It is emblematic of accomplishment during a distinguished undergraduate career and, more importantly, the promise of high achievement yet to come. ICAM award winners look beyond the surfaces and learn the underlying aesthetic and scientific principles that will allow them the reinvention of themselves as their careers blossom in a field of endeavor which itself is constantly evolving. ICAM award winners are those who realize that ideas drive technology and the arts, and not the other way around. This award is given with best wishes for a career of meaning and fulfillment in all professional and personal endeavors.
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Alexander Joubert Award for Innovative Music Production Award - LUKAS EHLERS and GUY LABORDE
This award is given in honor of Alexander Joubert, a talented and aspiring young music maker whose life was tragically cut short at age 21. Alexander dreamed of following his passion to pursue a career in the world of music production.
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Graduate Student Prizes and Awards |
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The Nee Prize - PETER KO
Thomas Nee was conductor of the La Jolla Symphony and Chorus for 31 years, 1967-1998. Professor Nee died in 2008. The La Jolla Symphony is comprised of campus and community musicians, and under Professor Nee's past leadership it has consistently programmed new works along with traditional repertoire. In honor of Professor Nee, The Nee Prize will be awarded each year in the spring quarter to the student, graduate or undergraduate, who makes the most outstanding contribution to the orchestra's season.
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The Jazz Society Award - JONATHAN STALLINGS
The Jazz Society of Lower Southern California, with the assistance of Provost Emeritus John Stewart, has established an endowment which provides two prizes each spring quarter to the graduate student and the undergraduate student who have made the most outstanding contributions to the UC San Diego Jazz Ensemble in the past year. The winner is chosen by Professor Mark Dresser, in consultation with the Jazz Society Board.
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Teaching Assistant (TA) Excellence Award
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