Students Honored at 2024 MPSOM Awards Ceremony

Below is a list of all students who won awards:

Presser Scholar Award

• Natalie St. Hill (senior, B.S. Music Education)

PMEA/SMTE Awards

• Student Teaching Award: Abigail Hill (senior, B.S. Music Education)
• Excellence in Service Award: Kelsey Armstrong (senior, B.S. Music Education)
• Excellence in Scholarship/Research Award: Natalie St. Hill (senior, B.S. Music Education)

Outstanding Senior in Music Education Award

• Abigail Hill (senior, B.S. Music Education)

Outstanding Music Technology Student Awards

• Dannon Johnson (senior, B.M. Music Technology)
• Jacob Reed (senior, B.M. Music Technology)

Richard Gray Exemplary Service Undergraduate Music Therapy Award

• Rachel Anderson (senior, B.S. Music Therapy)

Robert Egan Distinguished Undergraduate Music Therapy Award 

• Bethany Smith (senior, B.S. Music Therapy)

Women’s Advisory Board Scholarship Competition

• Carolina Roy (junior, B.S. Music Education)

Marguerite Dougherty Voice Competition

• Undergraduate Award Recipient: Joseph Dahlstrand (freshman, B.M. Performance)
• Graduate Award Recipient: Kaixiong Jiang (2nd year, M.M. Performance)
• Encouragement Award Recipient: Ian Young (2nd year, M.M. Performance)

DSO Concerto Competition

• DSO Winner: Caio da Silva (1st year, A.D. Performance)
• DCO Winner: Efrain Vidal (2nd year, M.M. Performance)
• Wind Ensemble Winner: Sarah Nicole Hurd (1st year, A.D. Chamber Music)
• Honorable Mention: Jack Isaac (1st year, M.M. Performance)
• Honorable Mention: Carolina Roy (junior, B.S. Music Education)

Tucci Piano Performance Award

• Zane Wooddell (junior, B.M. Music Technology)

Outstanding Music Performance Student Award 

• Gordon Cortney (senior, B.M. Performance)

Outstanding Bachelor of Arts in Music Student Award

• Elizabeth Averell (senior, B.A. Music)

MPSOM Service Award Certificate

• Christian Sullivan (sophomore, B.S. Music Education)
• Keegan Robertson (sophomore, B.M. Music Technology)
• Will Ross (sophomore, B.M. Music Technology)

Student Ambassador Award Certificate

• Rachel Anderson (senior, B.S. Music Therapy)
• Caleb Auldridge (junior, B.A. Music)
• Alyssa Baljunas (senior, B.M. Performance)
• Connor Behary (sophomore, B.M. Music Technology)
• Kyle Chauvette (junior, B.S. Music Education)
• Dannon Johnson (senior, B.M. Music Technology)
• Mack Benedict Jouridine (senior, B.M. Music Technology)
• Carly King (junior, B.S. Music Therapy)
• Amelia Lau (sophomore, B.S. Music Education)
• Reese McCracken (sophomore, B.S. Music Education)
• Danielle Polizzi (junior, B.S. Music Education)
• Carolina Roy (junior, B.S. Music Education)
• Catherine Startup (junior, B.S. Music Therapy)
• Nicholas Todorov (sophomore, B.M. Performance)

MPSOM T-Shirt Contest Winners

• Winner: Alayna Steinmetz (freshman, B.S. Music Therapy)
• Finalist/Honorable Mention: Nic Topka (sophomore, B.S. Music Education)
• Finalist/Honorable Mention: Ben Grossman (senior, B.A. Music)

Congratulations to all of these students!