Following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Millikin University School of Music’s annual Hollis Prize competition will return in a virtual format with two livestream broadcasts.
The competition will be held on Saturday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. and the Winner’s Recital will be held on Sunday, April 18, at 2 p.m. Both events will be livestreamed on the Millikin University School of Music YouTube page.
The Hollis Prize, the highest award that may be received by a student instrumentalist or vocalist within the Millikin School of Music, was first awarded during spring 2003. This year’s finalists are Max DiPasquale (saxophone), a junior music education-instrumental major from Belleville, Ill.; Bradley Perry (trombone), a senior vocal performance major from Peoria, Ill.; and Austin Shaw (piano), a senior piano performance major from Washington, Ill.