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Recipients of the New York Viola Society's Rosemary Glyde Scholarships for 2006

The New York Viola Society is pleased to introduce the recipients of Rosemary Glyde Scholarships for Spring 2006. This year, in addition to the scholarships that we have traditionally awarded to students of high school age and younger, we instituted a special Harold Coletta Memorial Scholarship for students aged through college undergraduates.

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Daniel Lay from Ridgewood, New Jersey, a student of Alexander Rees at the JCC Thurnauer School of Music in Tenafly, New Jersey. Daniel attends the Academy of Our Lady in Glen Rock, New Jersey where he has finished seventh grade. In addition to the viola, he also plays violin, piano and bass guitar. Daniel's performances have won him notice at various summer festivals and competitions such as ASTA and MTNA, including state division winner in New Jersey for the 2005 MTNA Junior Strings Competition, and first alternate for the MTNA Northeastern Region Junior Strings Competition. "I like the viola because the tonality and sound of a viola heightens the level of my creativity and ability to make beautiful music. It has a deeper and richer tone than the violin, and it is a challenging instrument to play. One of my musical dreams is to not only be a soloist but to also be in a band with my friends."

Isabel Hagen from New York City, a student of Kenji Bunch at The Juilliard School Pre-College Division, where she plays in the Pre-College Symphony and a string quartet. Isabel finished ninth grade in the spring at Saint Ann's School, where she plays in a trio for viola, voice and piano. "I switched to viola in my sixth year of studying the violin. This was because I heard my brother's friend play Bach's Fifth Suite and a Shostakovich Sonata. I loved the rich sound of the instrument, and this inspired me to start the viola. Now, I am enjoying the study of Paul Hindemith's music for viola, and hope to play as much of his work as possible. I also enjoy playing in string quartets very much." Isabel also received a Rosemary Glyde Scholarship in 2002.

Hari Bernstein from New York City, a private student of Kenneth Mirkin. Hari will begin college at The Juilliard School in the fall of 2006. She has performed as soloist with the Lucy Moses Orchestra, Lucy Moses Chamber Ensemble, State Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and Kiev Pops. She has participated in the 2003 Soesterberg Music Festival in Holland, School for Strings Summer Chamber Music Workshop, New York State Summer School of the Arts and the Aspen Music Festival and School. She was a member of New York's ISO Symphony from 2002 to 2004, and continues with that group teaching violin as part of its Teaching Intern Program. Since 2003 she has been a part of the New York Youth Symphony, for which she served as principal violist this last season. She received a Rosemary Glyde Scholarships in 2004 as well as other honors and awards. This year she was recognized as a Commended Student in the 2006 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Harold Coletta Memorial Scholarship

David Lau, who this spring finished his undergraduate studies at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of Heidi Castleman and Hsin-Yun Huang. Mr. Lau, a native of Oregon, began playing the viola at age 11. A graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, he has appeared as soloist with the Eugene and Oregon Ballet Symphonies as well as with the Interlochen Arts Academy and Music Academy of the West orchestras. An avid chamber musician, Mr. Lau has collaborated with violinist Joseph Silverstein and violist Barbara Westphal and performed numerous chamber music concerts in Alice Tully Hall and Paul Hall. He has attended many festivals, including the Perlman Music Program, Sarasota Music Festival and IMS Prussia Cove.

Assisting members of the board with the selection of scholarship recipients and finalists for the Harold Coletta Scholarship were Madeline Blum Benhabib and Wendy Keyes. Serving as the panel for the finals for the Coletta Scholarship were Heidi Castleman, Caroline Levine and Daniel Avshalomov. We thank them for generously giving us of their time.

The New York Viola Society congratulates these talented young people, and wishes them success in their musical and other endeavors. Congratulations also to their teachers who have done such excellent work in teaching these wonderful, talented young people. We wish all of our members and friends to join with the scholarship committee and NYVS board in recognizing the important positive contribution that these students and their teachers make, and for the joy and inspiration that they bring us. We wish them the best in all of their endeavors, musical and otherwise, and hope to have the chance to hear them play many more times over the years.

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