University of Pittsburgh Accepting Applications for Pitt/Mellon Jazz Scholarship
April 11 2006 - 10:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
PITTSBURGH, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Mellon Financial Corporation
and the University of Pittsburgh today announced that applications
are being accepted for the Pitt/Mellon Jazz Scholarship. Now in its
20th year, the one-year, $5,000 Pitt/Mellon Jazz Scholarship is
awarded by a panel of nationally recognized jazz musicians on the
basis of musical ability as demonstrated by an audition tape or CD
that includes samplings of various musical styles. Any full-time
undergraduate student who will be enrolled at Pitt during the fall
2006 semester is eligible to apply for the scholarship. The current
Pitt/Mellon Jazz scholar, bass player Dan Doan, is a senior at
Pitt, where he is a History and Philosophy of Science major,
pre-med, and carries a minor in neuroscience. A violin and piano
player by the age of 5, he switched to the bass during his teen
years, and has been playing upright and electric bass ever since. A
member of the Pitt Jazz Ensemble, he has performed in Jamaica with
the Ensemble under the direction of Nathan Davis, professor of
music and head of Pitt Jazz Studies. "The 2006 Pitt/Mellon Jazz
Scholarship continues two decades of our support for jazz education
and its vital contribution to preserving this art form's rich
Pittsburgh heritage," said Rose M. Gabbianelli, Mellon executive
vice president and director of corporate affairs. Applications for
the Pitt/Mellon Jazz Scholarship must be submitted by Monday, May
15, 2006. For more information or to obtain an application, call
the University of Pittsburgh Music Department at (412) 624-4187,
visit http://www.pitt.edu/~musicdpt/undergrad/jazzScholarship.html
or write to: Jazz Scholarship, 130 Music Building, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. DATASOURCE: Mellon Financial
Corporation; University of Pittsburgh CONTACT: Ron Sommer of
Mellon, +1-412-236-0082, or ; or Sharon Blake of University of
Pittsburgh, +1-412-624-4364, or Web site: http://www.mellon.com/
http://www.pitt.edu/~musicdpt/undergrad/jazzScholarship.html
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