Steinway Society Scholarship Winners 2004
Each year, about 20 finalists are selected from among the many scholarship applicants by a panel of accomplished teachers who listen, anonymously to their audiotapes. At the recent auditions these finalists, ages 7-18, played two contrasting pieces from memory before three prominent adjudicators, Scott Donald, Tomoko Kanamaru, Michael Thompoulos who selected the winners. Members, teachers and parents were in the enthusiastic audience.
Over the last eighteen years, more than 100 students have received Steinway Society scholarships. Many of the past winners have gone on to win other state and national prizes and study music in college. Each year a total of $3,000 to $4,000 is granted, depending on revenues from Musicale attendance.
The Scholarship Finalists
The 2004 Steinway Society Judges
Dr. L. Scott Donald
is the Administrative Director for the New School of Music Study in Kingston, NJ. Dr. Donald received his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Furman University in Greenville, SC where he studied with John Roberts. He received a Master of Music in Applied Piano and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Music Education/Piano Pedagogy from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied piano with Danielle Martin and pedagogy with Robert Duke, Martha Hilley and Amanda Vick Lethco. Dr. Donald maintains an active schedule involving performance, research and pedagogy presentations. He has presented research at the local, state and National level and has published articles for Texas Music Education Research, Piano Pedagogy Forum, and Keyboard Companion. His research involves studying the motor skill development in piano performance and the structure of practice. He is also a frequent adjudicator of festivals and auditions. Dr. Donald is on the Executive board for the New Jersey Music Teachers Association, a member of Music Teachers National Association and the National Guild of Community Schools for the Arts.