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 The
Department of Music and the College of the Holy Cross announce
the availability of a Four-Year, Full Tuition Scholarship to
a high school senior who will major in Music.
Jonathan
Yasuda '05, Brooks Scholar
Candidates must demonstrate outstanding accomplishment in the
area of instrumental/vocal performance or composition, as well
as significant academic achievement. Holy Cross offers a full
curriculum in music history and theory, a distinguished faculty
with international reputations, and opportunities for private
study and participation in both large and small music ensembles.
Application Guidelines
In addition to the regular Application for Admission to the
College, students applying for the Brooks Music Scholarship
must also submit the following materials to the Department of
Music:
1. A music resume detailing the student's background, experience
and teachers.
2. An essay (approximately one page) describing the student's
goals and reasons for wanting to major in music.
3. Two letters of recommendation, sent under separate cover.
One letter should be from the student's current private vocal/instrumental
or composition teacher; the other letter should be from another
music teacher or professional musician with whom the student
has worked.
4. A recording of the student's playing or singing. Composers
should submit at least two scores.
RECORDINGS
Applicants should submit a cassette tape, CD, DVD, or a video
recording of their playing or singing.
The recording should be of the best possible quality. [poorly
recorded material will not be considered].
On your recording, please include:
1. Your name, address, phone number, and high school.
2. Selections recorded, with composer, title, movement, and
key.
3. Your name on the cassette tape, CD, DVD, or video itself.
Guidelines for Performers:
1. The recording should include two selections in contrasting
styles.
2. Piano accompaniment should be provided where applicable.
3. Orchestral excerpts are not acceptable unless the applicant
is a soloist.
4. The recording should not exceed 15 minutes in length.
Guidelines for Composers:
1. The application should include scores of two works you have
composed.
2. If available, please also submit a cassette tape or CD of
your work.
APPLICATION
DEADLINE: January 15
PLEASE SEND
THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION MATERIALS TO:
Shirish Korde
Chair, Department
of Music
P.O. Box 151A
College of the Holy Cross
1 College Street
Worcester, MA 01610
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The College
of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, is offering a full tuition
undergraduate scholarship, renewable on a yearly basis, beginning
in the fall of 2005 (class of 2009) for an Organ Scholar.
The recipient of this scholarship will have at his/her disposal
the 1985 four manual, fifty stop mechanical action organ built
by Taylor & Boody Organbuilders, located in the beautiful
Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel. The awardee will assist the College
Organist as needed in all aspects of the chapel music program.
The awardee must major in music, take voice and conducting lesson
and study organ privately for four years and have a career goal
in church music and/or organ performance. Applicants for
the scholarship should have experience in church music and a
strong background in keyboard studies and good sight reading
skills.
A letter
of intent, a detailed resumé of the applicant’s studies
and musical experience, a complete list of the applicant’s organ
repertoire, and three letters of reference are to be sent to
Prof. James David Christie, Department of Music, College of
the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610. Please do not send
tapes. After formal application to the College and upon
receipt of all the applicant’s materials, Prof. Christie will
contact the applicant for a personal interview and audition
at Holy Cross. Please write directly to the Admissions
Department, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610,
for a catalogue, all necessary application forms and financial
aid information; there is no special form to apply for the organ
scholarship, but the applicant must inform the Admissions Department
that he/she is applying for the Holy Cross Organ Scholar position
for the class of 2009. Deadline for submission of scholarship
application is January 14, 2005.
If there
any questions about the Organ Scholarship, contact Professor
James David Christie at either jdchrist@holycross.edu or (508)
793 - 2284.
Holy
Cross Organ Scholar Wins First Prize in National Competition
 Holy
Cross sophomore Organ Scholar Jeffrey Wood took home First Prize
in the prestigious Augustana Arts/Reuter Undergraduate Organ
Competition in Denver, Colorado on Saturday, March 13. He received
a $5000 cash prize and was given the opportunity to perform
with an orchestra on Sunday night.
A
music major from Pepperell, Mass., Wood is one of two students
studying organ under a full-tuition Organ Scholarship at Holy
Cross. He came to Holy Cross after a year at Berklee College
of Music in Boston. It was at Berklee that Wood met his mentor
James David Christie, Distinguished Artist-in-Residence at Holy
Cross and highly acclaimed organist.
“I
realized quite quickly that that I was learning more from [Christie]
than from all of my classes combined. When he told me about
the scholarship at Holy Cross, I decided to look into a transfer,”
said Wood.
The
respect and admiration is mutual. Christie counts Wood as one
of the most talented students he has taught in his 25 years.
He describes him as “one of the rising stars in the organ
world.
“I
can assure you that he will be a future major name in the organ
profession,” he said.
Wood
has been playing the organ for seven years and the jazz piano
for 14 years. An unusual combination of talents, Wood hopes
to be able to make a career out of playing both instruments.
Wood
frequently performs in Worcester and Boston. He regularly plays
the 11:30 a.m. Mass with the Holy Cross Schola Cantorum in St.
Joseph Memorial Chapel at Holy Cross.
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