{"id":35,"date":"2016-07-05T23:19:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T03:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2017-11-29T00:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T05:00:35","slug":"trombone-studio-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/trombone-studio-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Trombone Studio Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-63 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-710x399.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Witser Memorial Award: The Steve Witser Award for Excellence honors the memory of the former Principal Trombone of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Eastman Alumnus. A pillar of the musical community, Steve earned his bachelor of music degree and performer\u2019s certificate at Eastman in 1981 and also served on the Eastman faculty. He was not only an outstanding musician but a kind person and beloved colleague. This award is presented annually to one outstanding student who is exceptionally distinguished as both a player and a colleague. As Steve Witser was in life, the winner of this award remains a positive force throughout his or her time at Eastman, an exemplary colleague, and consistently displays the highest level of performance. The recipient of this award is chosen by Professors Kellogg and Zalkind and receives a cash prize.\" width=\"710\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-710x399.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-335x188.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award-234x132.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Steve-Witser-Memorial-Award.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">STEVE WITSER MEMORIAL AWARD RECIPIENTS<\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 119px\" width=\"596\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 601px\">Tyler Simms<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 86px\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 601px\">Tim Taylor<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 86px\">2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 601px\">Joshua Becker, Paul Seib, Austin Richardson<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 86px\">2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 601px\">Paul Radke<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 86px\">2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 601px\">Grant Reed<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;width: 86px\">2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-62 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-710x399.jpg\" alt=\"Best Section and Most Improved Player Award: The Best Section Player and Most Improved Player Awards are given to the trombonists in the class who exemplify qualities held in the highest regard in the Eastman Trombone Studio. Recipients of this award are not only outstanding musicians, but are dedicated, kind, and hardworking students who enrich the academic environment at the Eastman School of Music. These awards are dictated by the members of the studio who nominate and ultimately vote to select the recipients. \" width=\"710\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-710x399.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-335x188.jpg 335w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-170x96.jpg 170w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award-234x132.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/files\/Best-Section-and-Most-Improved-Player-Award.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">BEST SECTION PLAYER AWARD RECIPIENTS<\/h3>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"height: 25px;width: 377px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">Tanner Jackson<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">Tim Taylor<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD RECIPIENTS<\/h3>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"height: 25px;width: 377px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">Nick Hogg<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">Nick Crane<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 177px;text-align: center\">2016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEVE WITSER MEMORIAL AWARD RECIPIENTS Tyler Simms 2017 Tim Taylor 2016 Joshua Becker, Paul Seib, Austin Richardson 2015 Paul Radke 2014 Grant Reed 2013 &nbsp; BEST SECTION PLAYER AWARD RECIPIENTS Tanner Jackson 2017 Tim Taylor 2016 &nbsp; MOST IMPROVED PLAYER AWARD RECIPIENTS Nick Hogg 2017 Nick Crane 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"coauthors":[3],"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/trombone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}