A photo collage of some of the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award recipients During the 2023-24 year, The Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar Award program has undergone a “fundamental realignment,” a term used by Scholar Award Committee Chair Dr. Mark Wait to describe how the changes made to the program itself and its overall process. One of…
Lizzy Galloway received the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award from Georgia College and State University. She wrote this letter after receiving the Award. Music has always been an integral part of my life for as long as I can remember, and pursuing an education pathway in my music degree has been one of the most important…
The Presser Foundation Announces More Than $880,000 in Scholar & Music Awards In its continued support of undergraduate music students across the country, The Presser Foundation is pleased to announce $732,000 in funds for the Undergraduate Scholar Award program. As part of the program, 244 institutions, including 37 new institutions, nominated a music major in…
La Tasha Butler received the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award from Arizona State University (ASU). She wrote this letter after receiving the Award and answered several questions about her experiences at ASU. I started playing violin in the fourth grade. You can imagine what a fourth grader learning violin sounds like, but to me it was…
The Presser Foundation is pleased to include 37 new institutions for a total of 244 institutions that will be included in the 2023-24 Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award program. The Award is designed to encourage and support in a special way the education and career of one music student at each school who has achieved a…
City College of New York campus Chalmers Mathew received the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award from the City College of New York. He wrote this letter as a thank you to The Presser Foundation last spring. Thank you for generously choosing me for the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award. It is a great honor to receive this…
Angeles Ondish received the 2022-23 Undergraduate Scholar Award from Seton Hill University. She wrote this letter to the University’s Music Department advocating for herself to be selected as the Award recipient. My name is Angeles Ondish, a soon to be senior music education major at Seton Hill University, and I believe that I qualify for…
A collage of some of the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award recipients from 2022-23. The Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar Award program has been a core grant program since the founding and as stipulated in the Will of Theodore Presser. The program has evolved over the years and at the close of the most recent fiscal year,…
A collage of some of the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award recipients from 2021-22. Theodore Presser, the founder of The Presser Foundation, had a passion for music education. The music publisher began his career as a music educator. When he created the Foundation, he committed it to “music education and music philanthropy.” The Presser Foundation has…
Rose Haselhorst received the 2021-22 Undergraduate Scholar Award from Northwestern University. This letter was written by her to the Foundation. To The Presser Foundation: I am honored to be recognized as a recipient of the Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award for the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University, and I am truly grateful for your…