Grants-In-Aid Winners
2016
The Williamsburg Music Club has awarded $6,950 to 16 winners during the 2016 Grants Auditions held on March 12th at Ewell Hall on the campus of William and Mary. Adjudicators included Rami Bar-Niv, Carol Thomas Downing, and Olivia Gutoff.
GIA Winner Teachers: Teri Falk (Piano); James Hester (Oboe); Arkady Heifetz (Violin); Susan Hines (Cello); Shuyao Caroline Hsu (Piano); Phaedra McNorton (Voice); Chris Mooney (Voice); Jolanta Szewzcyk (Piano); David Vonderheide (Trumpet); Dr. Maria Yefimova (Piano)
Senior Scholarships
Kathy Exton Prize of $500:
Trumpet: Haidar Barbarji
Senior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $1,000:
Trumpet: Haidar Barbarji
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $750 each:
Voice: Tara Davy, soprano
Violin: Sarah Heifetz
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $300 each:
Keyboard
Piano: Annie Cao
Piano: Claire Du
Piano: Anni Wang
Wind/Voice/Other
Oboe: Eliza Geer
Voice: Haley Griffith
Junior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $750:
Piano: Kyle Hu
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $500:
Cello: Edward Rickenbacker
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $200:
Keyboard
Piano: Brandon Deleon
Piano: Judy Liu
Piano: Eric Song
Orchestra Strings
Cello: Brelan Jenkins
Violin: Caleb Song
Grants-In-Aid Winners
2017
The Williamsburg Music Club awarded $7,950 to 18 winners during the 2017 Grants Auditions held on March 11th at Ewell Hall on the campus of William and Mary. Adjudicators were Stephen Coxe, Jeffery Phelps, and Major William Garlette.
GIA Winner Teachers: Sherie Aguirre (Oboe); Alisa Bohon (Piano); Rebecca Davy (Organ); Teri Falk (Piano); Agnes M. Fuller (Voice); Arkady Heifetz (Violin); Chris Mooney (Voice); Christine Niehaus (Piano); Steve Ruckle (Trumpet); Jolanta Szewczyk (Piano)
Senior Scholarships
Kathy Exton Prize of $500:
Oboe: Eliza Geer
Senior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $1,000:
Violin: Sarah Heifetz
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $750 each:
Piano: Kevin Hong
Piano: Melissa Zhu
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $300 each:
Piano: Annie Cao
Oboe: Eliza Geer
Organ: Elizabeth Horley
Trumpet: Noah Mendoza
Voice: Tara Davy
Voice: Anna Heffington
Junior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $750:
Piano: Jennifer Zhang
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $500 each:
Organ: Michael Gibson
Piano: Anna Zhang
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $200 each:
Piano: Ritchie Bui
Piano: Edric Han
Piano: Emily Wu
Violin: Yunseo Chung
Violin: Esther Kim
Violin: Caleb Song
Grants-In-Aid Winners
2018
The Williamsburg Music Club has awarded $8,500 to 16 winners during the 2018 Grants Auditions held on March 10th at Ewell Hall on the campus of William and Mary. Adjudicators included Sally Copeland Wright (Keyboard); Sherri Matthews (Voice, Strings); Clinton Marshall (Winds, Brass).
GIA Winners Teachers: Alisa Bohon (Piano); Patti Carlson (Clarinet); Teri Falk (Piano); Michael Daniels (Cello); Rebecca Davy (Piano); Arkady Heifetz (Violin); Chris Mooney (Voice); Jolanta Szewczyk (Piano)
Senior Scholarships
Kathy Exton Prize of $500 each:
Clarinet: Katelyn Proffitt
Piano: Paul Overlie
WMC Consort Scholarship of $500:
Piano: Kasey Watkins
Senior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $2,000:
Piano: Paul Overlie
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $1,000:
Organ: Michael Gibson
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $400 each:
Keyboard
Piano: Ritchie Bui
Piano: Edric Han
Orchestral Strings
Cello: Brelan Jenkins
Wind/Voice/Other
Voice: Colin Freeman
Junior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $900:
Violin: Yunseo Chung
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $600:
Piano: Eric Song
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $300 each:
Keyboard
Piano: Alan Schuster
Piano: Emily Wu
Orchestral Strings
Violin: Matthew Fan
Grants-In-Aid Winners
2019
The Williamsburg Music Club has awarded $10,000 to 11 winners during the 2019 Grants Auditions held on March 9th at Ewell Hall on the campus of William and Mary. Adjudicators included Sally Copeland Wright, (Keyboard); Sherri Matthews (Voice, Strings); Clinton Marshall (Winds, Brass).
GIA Winners Teachers: Alisa Bohon (Piano); Patti Carlson (Clarinet); Teri Falk (Piano); Michael Daniels (Cello); Rebecca Davy (Piano); Arkady Heifetz (Violin); Percy Ironmonger (Clarinet); Chris Mooney (Voice); Jolanta Szewczyk (Piano)
Senior Scholarships
Kathy Exton Prize of $500 each:
Clarinet: Ada Rexrode
Clarinet: Emma Richards
WMC Consort Scholarship of $500:
Clarinet: Emma Richards
WMC Music Club Endowment Scholarship of $1,500:
($500, $500, $500—awarded for 2nd, 3rd, 4th year of college)
Clarinet: Ada Rexrode
Senior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $1,750 each:
Piano: Edric Han
Violin: Yunseo Chung
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $1,000:
Piano: Madelyn Hicks
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $425 each:
Keyboard
Piano: Ritchie Bui
Piano: Jennifer Zhang
Junior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $750:
Piano: Alan Schuster
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $500:
Piano: Fiona Lin
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $200 each:
Keyboard
Piano: Emma Chung
Piano: Leo Guo
Grants-In-Aid Winners
2020
Due to the pandemic, the 2020 Grants-In-Aid Auditions (GIA) to be held on March 14th at Ewell Hall, on the College of William and Mary campus, were canceled. The GIA Committee recommended and the Board of Directors approved the awarding of a Kathy Exton Prize of $500 (each) to three students, and the Williamsburg Consort Scholarship of $500 to a fourth student, for a total of $2,000.
GIA Winners Teachers: Patti Carlson (Clarinet); Professor Ara Gregorian (Violin); Doug Jones (Tuba); Steve Turner (Percussion)
GIA Senior Award Recipients
Kathy Exton Prize of $500:
Clarinet: Hunter LaFreniere
James Madison University
Violin: Alisha Stafford
Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester
Tuba: Jake Munn
James Madison University
Williamsburg Consort Scholarship of $500:
Percussion: Tyler Ende
James Madison University
Grants-In-Aid Winners
2021
The Williamsburg Music Club awarded $15,500 to 13 winners held during the club's first-ever virtual Grants-In-Aid Auditions on March 20th. Adjudicators included: Dr. Mayron Tsong (Keyboard); Ara Gregorian (Orchestral Strings and Voice); Dr. Tabatha Easley (Orchestral Winds and Brass).
GIA Winners Teachers: Alisa Bohon (Piano); Lisa Brown (Cello); Teri Compos-Falk (Piano); Michael Daniels (Cello); Rebecca Davy (Organ); David Enloe (Percussion); Arkady Heifetz (Violin); Susan Hines (Cello); Shuyao Caroline Hsu (Piano); Chris Mooney (Voice); Jolanta Szewczyk (Piano)
Senior Scholarships
Kathy Exton Prize of $2,000:
Cello: Brelan Jenkins
Ingrid Jahn Memorial Scholarship of $1,000:
Percussion: Nolan Forsythe
Williamsburg Music Club Consort Scholarship of $500:
Piano: Ritchie Bui
WMC Music Club Endowment Scholarship of $3,000:
($1,000, $1,000, $1,000—awarded for 2nd, 3rd, 4th year of college
Piano: Ritchie Bui
Senior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $2,000:
Piano: Edric Han
Violin: Yunseo Chung
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $1,500:
Piano: Maxyn Hallare
Third Prize Musical Achievement Award of $1,000:
Violin: Yunseo Chung
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $700:
Keyboard
Piano: David Fan
Piano: Matthew Fan
Wind/Voice/Other
Flute: Sasha Murphy
Voice: Christopher Kirby-Saunders
Junior Division
First Prize Outstanding Performance Award of $800:
Keyboard
Piano: Hally Hallare
Second Prize Musical Achievement Award of $600:
Keyboard
Organ: Emmanuel Atiyeh
Honorable Mention and Encouragement Awards of $300:
Orchestral Strings and Voice
Cello: Joshua Kang