If It’s Tuesday, It Must Be Oberlin Six Conservatory Students Receive Scholarships from Tuesday Musical Club Competition by Charity Johnson ’99
	Related Story: Last Years Recipients		Sungmin Yoo, Hee-Guen Song and Therese Ritchie Six Conservatory students were among the 24 recipients of Tuesday Musical Club Scholarship awards this year, following a competition held March 17 in Akron, Ohio. Pianist Youngha Guk '02, violinist Hee-Guen Song '01, and violinist Therese Ritchie '01, each received $2,000 scholarship awards. Pianist Wei-Ya Lai ’03, violinist Sungmin Yoo '01, and soprano Jacqueline Enrique ’01, were $1,000 award winners in the competition. Guk studies with Associate Professor of Piano Haewon Song; Lai studies with Professor of Piano Robert Shannon; and Enrique studies with Associate Professor of Voice Lorraine Manz. Song and Yoo study with violin faculty members Almita and Roland Vamos; Ritchie is a student of Professor of Violin Gregory Fulkerson. An awards recital will be held Sunday, May 20, at 7 p.m. in Guzzetta Hall at the University of Akron, where the $2,000 award winners will be featured in concert. Judges at the recital will award prizes of $2,000 and $1,000 to the two best performances of the evening. The concert is free and open to the public. Founded in 1887, The Tuesday Musical Club, based in Akron, sponsors an annual scholarship competition open to student singers, pianists, and instrumentalists. This year, the organization awarded a total of $33,800 in scholarships to young musicians. Seventeen colleges and universities were represented at the competition, with winners representing eight schools. Last year, five Oberlin Conservatory students received awards at the competition.
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