Following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Millikin University School of Music’s annual Hollis Prize competition will return in a virtual format with two livestream broadcasts.
The competition will be held on Saturday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. and the Winner’s Recital will be held on Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m. Both events will be livestreamed on the Millikin University School of Music YouTube page.
The Hollis Prize, the highest award that may be received by a student instrumentalist or vocalist within the Millikin School of Music, was first awarded during spring 2003. This year’s finalists are Max DiPasquale (saxophone), a junior music education-instrumental major from Belleville, Ill.; Bradley Perry (trombone), a senior vocal performance major from Peoria, Ill.; and Austin Shaw (piano), a senior piano performance major from Washington, Ill.
Millikin University is one of only a few schools in the country to offer such a prestigious prize through a music competition. Students must audition for Millikin music faculty for this opportunity, and after a rigorous selection process, three finalists are chosen to perform in a live final competition recital adjudicated by credentialed professionals outside the university. Previous winners have gone on to excel in graduate school and/or their chosen professional careers.
The Hollis Prize winner receives a monetary award of $2,000 in addition to the opportunity to perform a ceremonial showcase recital culminating the event. Each runner-up receives a $500 monetary award.
The annual competition is made possible by Dr. C. Kimm Hollis, a 1972 Millikin graduate who is retired department chair and professor emeritus of music at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana.
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