梅根·希利,音乐学院
Winner of the Jenny Kate Collins Award
I am a third year Doctor of Musical Arts candidate in Violin Performance and a Graduate Teaching Assistant. 作为助教, I have assisted with undergraduate music appreciation courses, performed in the CU Symphony Orchestra, and currently meet with Masters and Undergraduate violin students for weekly private lessons to assist in their technical and musical development. 除了我在科罗拉多大学的学习, I perform with several regional orchestras, including the Boulder Chamber Orchestra, 博尔德爱乐乐团, 柯林斯堡交响曲, 夏延交响乐团, 和格里利爱乐乐团. I also maintain a private studio of 15 violin students ranging from ages 5-75 and run a wedding and event music business. I am honored to receive the Jenny Kate Collins award to support my dissertation project, 莫德·鲍威尔计划. 莫德·鲍威尔计划 celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and Women's Suffrage with five new works for solo violin inspired by and dedicated to Maud Powell, the first great American violin soloist. 作品, commissioned from American composers Lauren Bernofsky, 伊丽莎白•布莱尔, 斯蒂芬妮·安·博伊德, 杰西卡·迈耶, 希拉里·普灵顿, will be premiered and professionally recorded in the Summer of 2020. 作品 will subsequently be performed in a variety of contexts, 包括独奏小提琴演奏会, 讲座演出, and outreach performances with dancers from Life/Art Dance ensemble for children and for senior citizens living in low income housing communities in the Denver Metro area. Visit my site if you are interested in learning more about the project.