An award of $3,000 is given to continue performances and appreciation of the works of Marcel Grandjany.
Repertoire: Dan la Foret du Charme, Children’s Hour, Colorado Trail
Recipient: Anna Dunlap
A native of Maryland, Anna Dunlap is the 2016 Grandjany Memorial Competitionwinner. Currently a student at the Eastman School of Music in the studio of Kathleen Bride, Anna has performed as concerto soloist with the Peabody Youth Orchestra, Londontowne Symphony Orchestra (MD), and the Graduate Chamber Orchestra at Eastman. She has performed in masterclasses for Courtney Hershey Bress, Douglas Rioth, Elizabeth Hainen, Ina Zdorovetchi, and Yolanda Kondonassis. Anna has participated in the Saratoga Harp Colony, “The Practical Harpist” Seminar at Eastman, and the Young Artists Harp Seminar. Her previous teachers are Michaela Trnkova and Rebecca Anstine Smith.