Application Procedure | Recipients

The William E. Gribbon Award for Student Travel

The William E. Gribbon Memorial Fund was established in 1989 to encourage and enable college and university students aged 35 years or under, enrolled as full-time undergraduate or graduate students in accredited academic programs and having career interests that relate to the purposes of the American Musical Instrument Society, to attend the Society’s annual meetings.The Award consists of a student membership in the Society for one year and substantial financial support for travel and lodging in an amount determined by the Award Committee, based upon an itemized estimate of all of the applicant’s meeting-related expenses. Award recipients are recognized at the annual meeting they attend.

Application Procedure

Applications for the 2013 meeting in Williamsburg, VA, should be addressed to: David Thomas (dwtexas@aol.com).

Applications must be postmarked by midnight, January 15, 2013.
Applications via email are encouraged.

Application materials must consist of the following documents (items 1-4):

1. A statement of 300 words or less describing the ways in which your academic interests relate to the history and/or study of musical instruments.
2. Two letters of recommendation written by persons who are familiar with your work and career interests. One of these letters must be submitted on official institutional letterhead by a teacher or professor who can verify your student status. (If these items are to be submitted electronically, please ensure they are scanned to include referee signatures)
3. Your curriculum vitae.
4. An itemized presentation of the expenses you are likely to incur by attending the Annual Meeting including travel, accommodations and conference registration fee.

The following documents (items 5 and 6) are optional but may be included with your application, if appropriate:

5. If you will propose a paper for the Annual Meeting, a copy of the abstract to be submitted to the Program Committee. Please remember that proposals for papers, lecture-demonstrations, and performances should be sent to the Program Chair before November 15.
6. If you have attended one or more annual AMIS meetings in the past, a statement (not exceeding 300 words) of impressions gained from the experience.

We encourage all students to take advantage of this opportunity. AMIS members have given generously to make the Gribbon Memorial Award available, and we look forward to a strong response. Applications must be postmarked by midnight, January 15.

 

Past Award Winners

2012, New York, NY

• Jayme Kurland, Arizona State University
• Judith Dehail, University of Paris/Humboldt University, Berlin/Marc Bloch Center
• Inês de Avena Braga, Universiteit Leiden (The Netherlands)
• Hayato Sugimoto, University of Edinburgh
• Olga Sutkowska, Universität der Kunste Berlin
• Ana Sofia Silva, University of South Dakota, Vermillion

2011, Phoenix, AZ

• Melanie Piddocke, Edinburgh University
• Lisa Norman, Edinburgh University
• Eugenia Mitroulia, Edinburgh University
• Kendra Van Nyhuis, The University of South Dakota
• Emanuele Marconi, Soprintendenza Regionale della Lombardia
• Patrica Lopes Bastos, ANIMUS-Portugal

2010, Washington, D.C.

• Melanie Piddocke, Edinburgh University
• Laura Maes, University College Ghent
• Lisa Norman, Edinburgh University
• Sarah Richardson, The University of South Dakota
• John Campopiano, Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
• Jessica Wood, Duke University
• Eleanor Smith, Edinburgh University
• Jimena Palacios,Escuela Nacional De Conservacion, Restauracion Y Museografia
• Edmond Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara

2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• John Campopiano, Wheaton College
• Todd Lerew, Hampshire College
• Laura Maes, University College Ghent
• Melanie Piddocke, Edinburgh University
• Hannes Vereecke, Institutes für Wiener Klangstil

2008, Calgary, Canada

• Matthew Courtney, Eastern Kentucky University
• Eugenia Mitroulia, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Panagiotis Poulopoulos, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Ioana Sherman, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• Clinton Spell, University of South Dakota, Vermillion
• Hannes Vereecke, University College of Ghent, Belgium

2007 New Haven, Connecticut

• Eli Feuer, North Bennet Street School, Boston
• Heike Fricke, Musikinstrumenten-Museum, Berlin
• Edmond Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara
• David Kendall, University of California, Riverside
• Thomas Kernan, University of Cincinnati
• Allen Roda, New York University
• Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet, Civica Scuola di Liuteria de Milano

2006 Vermillion, South Dakota

• Giovanni Paolo Di Stefano, University of Rome
• Edmond Johnson, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Thomas Kernan, University of Cincinnati College, Conservatory of Music
• Sonia Lee, University of Illinois
• Eugenia Mitroulia, Edinburgh University
• Emily Robertson, George Washington University
• Maria Virginia Rolfo, University of South Dakota, National Music Museum (funded by National Music Museum)
• Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet, Civica Scuola di Liuteria di Milano
• Ioana Sherman, University of California, Riverside (funded by National Music Museum)
• Ilya Temkin, New York University
• William Traylor III, Indiana University
• Jeremy Tubbs, University of Memphis

William E. Gribbon Memorial Award Recipients 1990-2005

• Allison Alcorn-Oppedahl, University of North Texas (1997, 1994, 1991)
• Jonpaul E. Balak, University of California (1997)
• Christopher Borg, Northwestern University, Illinois (1996)
• Susana Caldeira, University of South Dakota (2000, 1999)
• Tina Chancey, Union Institute, Ohio (1996)
• Susannah Cleveland, University of North Texas (1996)
• Brian Cole, University of South Dakota (1990)
• Michael Cwach, University of South Dakota (2001)
• Jayson Dobney, University of South Dakota (2001, 2000, 1999)
• Sunni Fass, Indiana University (2005, 2004)
• Bethany Foemmel, Trinity International University, Illinois (1999)
• Stephen Grauberger (1993)
• Ben Hebbert, University of Oxford; University of Leeds, England (2004, 2001)
• Henry M. Johnson, Oxford, England (1992)
• Kevin Seiji Kishimoto, Northern Illinois University (2000)
• Paul Laudeman, University of Tennessee (1997)
• Janel Leppin, George Mason University, Washington, D.C. (2005)
• Guangming Li, University of California (1991)
• Christina M. Linsenmeyer, North Bennet Street School, Massachusetts (1996)
• Christopher A. Miller, Northern Illinois University (2001)
• Brenda Neece, Somerville College, University of Oxford, England (2000, 1998)
• Emily Peppers, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (2003)
• Kate Pospisil, Oberlin College, Ohio (2000)
• Bryan Proksch, Centre College, Kentucky (2000)
• Lee Raine Highum Randall, University of South Dakota (2002, 2000, 1999)
• Ruy Guerrero Ramirez, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico (2005)
• Jennifer Sadoff, University of North Texas, Denton (2002, 2001)
• Arian Sheets, St. Paul, Minnesota (1996)
• Carolyn W. Simons, University of Iowa (1991)
• Michael Suing, University of South Dakota (2003, 2001)
• Catarina Torres, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (2001, 2000)
• Heather Trickel, Trinity International University, Illinois (1999)
• Tsan-Huang Tsai (2002)
• Jeremy M. Tubbs, University of Memphis, Tennessee (2001)
• Paul Wargaski, North Bennet Street School, Massachusetts (2000, 1999)
• Paul White, Oxford, England (1992)
• Phillip T. Young III, University of North Texas, Denton (1996, 1994)
• Shanon Zusman, Yale University, Connecticut; University of Vienna, Austria; University of Southern California, Los Angeles (2000, 1999, 1998)