Freshmen in Action

Rising stars in the music department had a chance to show off their talents in a recital!

Meet the Freshmen Music PSAs!

Freshmen Presidential Scholars in the Arts (PSAs) sang, played piano, trombone, and even organ for a gathering of GW Department of Music faculty and students.

GW awards the Presidential Scholars in the Arts scholarship to students who excel in music, theater, dance, and fine arts.  The annual scholarship of $15,000 is renewable up to four years.  Students must apply for scholarship while in high school. They then audition before GW faculty during the spring of their senior year of high school.

Once at GW, music PSAs participate in ensembles and major or minor in music.

The recital served as an opportunity for PSAs to get to know each other as well as upperclassmen and faculty.

PSA Andrea Dragon is a PSA for organ performance.  She performed "Toccata in Seven" by British composer, John Rutter.

Andrea Dragon performs on organ while Prof. Jeffery Watson looks on.

Madison Sherman sings Etta James.

Madison Sherman, a PSA for jazz voice performance, wowed the crowd with her performance of "Stormy Weather" by jazz legend, Etta James.  Meanwhile, trombonist Peter Reiss showed off his talents with his performance of Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child." Jazz pianist and GW Music professor, Jim Levy, accompanied both on piano.

Peter Reiss on trombone.

And that's just the beginning.  Check out this video highlighting parts of the recital:

For more pictures from the recital, check out the Facebook album here.