Nolt Music Award
The Nolt Music Award is a grant of up to $3000 enabling Franklin & Marshall student musicians to undertake musically enriching projects. Possible projects include taking lessons with a member of a major orchestra or opera company resulting in a recital, attending a summer music festival in the U.S. or abroad, funding the premiere of a student composition, undertaking a research or field-work trip, going to a major metropolitan area to attend/critique a series of concerts or operas, or funding a tour by the Nolt Scholar's chamber ensemble. Awards of more than $3000 may be possible upon special request. Any enrolled Franklin & Marshall student may apply; however, projects must be completed prior to the student's graduation.
Criteria for receiving Nolt Music Awards include:
- musical interest and merit of the project,
- quality and thoroughness of the application,
- potential artistic benefit to the applicant and the community,
- academic standing of the applicant, and
- the music faculty's assessment of the integrity and musical potential of the applicant.
Students must secure a music faculty advisor as they develop a proposal, and will continue to work with this advisor as they complete the project. Students who receive Nolt Music Awards will make a presentation representing the outcome of their project. Typical formats for these presentations include a brief lecture/demonstration (about 15 to 20 minutes), a display in the lobby of Barshinger Concert Hall, or a performance. This award is made possible by a generous gift from Joseph '59 and Marianne Nolt. When possible, Nolt Scholars may have the opportunity to greet Mr. and Mrs. Nolt at this or other appropriate events.
Past Nolt Music Projects
| 2012 | Alexandra Moody '13 | Conduct and host an instrumental concert focused on introducing live concert hall music to elementary age children. |
| 2012 | Liza Munk '13 | Attend the Arab American Arts Institute's Arab Music Retreat, obtain a 'ud and take private 'ud lessons. |
| 2012 | James Rucinski '14 | Attend the Alexander & Buono Music Festival and the Winter Harbon Music Festival |
| 2012 | Jacqueline Sager '12 | Conduct rehearsals and a performance of Mozart's Requiem. |
| 2011 | Maggie Gergen '13 | Study and volunteer at the Intore Culture & Music Center in Kingali, Rwanda |
| 2010 | Chao Bian '11 | Study Chinese folksong performance with Li-Jun Pan at the Nanjing Arts Institute |
| 2010 | Chelsey Craig '12 | Compete with The Reading Buccaneers Drum & Bugle Corp and take percussion lessons |
| 2010 | Lorenzo Daughtry-Chambers '11 | West African drumming lessons in Ghana with Kimati Dinizulu |
| 2010 | Yiqiu Fan '11 | Attend the International Summer Academy "Mozarteum" in Salzburg, Austria |
| 2010 | Steven Roy '11 | Conduct and rehearse F&M Orchestra in a performance of music by living composers |
| 2009 | Rujing Huang '11 | Study music production with Randall Thomas |
| 2009 | Marci Barr '11 | Obtain and receive lessons on the hammered dulcimer |
| 2009 | Rujing Huang '11 | Participate in the Performance Program at the Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA |
| 2009 | Prescott McWilliams '11 | To present a lecture/concert featuring the Buchanan Brass Quintet including a guest appearance by the Lancaster Brass Quintet and the premiere of a new brass quintet by Scott Loose |
| 2008 | Benjamin Williams '09 | A comparison of pedagogical techniques and style of three major voice teachers |
| 2008 | Natasha Loomis '09 | Participate in the Banff Centre Master Classes in Canada and the Cranford Summer School in England |
| 2008 | Matthew Solin '09 | Receive lessons on the Hardinger fiddle, the primary folk instrument of Norway |
| 2008 | Jennifer Jin '09 | Intense summer study with Odin Rathnam, concertmaster of the Harrisburg Symphony |
| 2007 | Saxon Williams '08 | Create an electronic music composition using a variety of instruments including a koto |
| 2007 | Laura Michaels '08 | Conduct and rehearse F&M Philharmonia resulting in a performance of music inspired by Don Quixote |
| 2007 | Joan Brumbaugh '08 | Create and conduct a new composition to be premiered by the F&M Symphonic Wind Ensemble |
| 2007 | Deanna Broughton '09 | Attend the Violin Workshop in Cambridge, UK, and learn how to make violins |
| 2007 | Rebecca Zinner '09 | Participate in the "Music on the Silk Road" international tour in China with the Pennsylvania Academy of Music |
| 2007 | Matthew Solin '09 | Participate in the "Music on the Silk Road" international tour in China with the Pennsylvania Academy of Music |
| 2006 | Christopher Crawford '08 | Purchase of a hurdy-gurdy, lessons and recital |
| 2006 | Joseph Simon '07 | Recruit professional orchestra for and conduct all Mozert concert including Symphony No. 41, Serenade No. 11, and Overture to Marriage of Figaro |
| 2006 | Saxon Williams '08 | Purchase of a koto, lessons while in China resulting in presentation of his original composition on koto upon return to F&M |
| 2006 | James Ross '08 | Participation in Ameropa Chamber Music Festival in Prague resulting in a short recital upon return to F&M featuring repertoire from the festival |
| 2005 | Eugene Clark '07 | Film documentary on the history of the New Holland Band |
| 2005 | William Mogey '07 | Electric guitar lessons with noted guitar teachers in Philadelphia resulting in the performance of Will's original composition for electric guitar |
| 2005 | Douglas Smith '08 | Composition and piano lessons to prepare to compose a piano trio to be performed by the Philadelphia Trio |
| 2005 | Megan Westmoreland '07 | Participation in the Pennsylvania Academy of Music's Music Naturally Festival and in the Julius Baker Flute Master Class |
