INSTITUTE AWARDS
Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts
The Sudler Prize is presented annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence or the highest standards of proficiency in music, theater, painting, sculpture, design, architecture or film.
The Laya and Jerome B. Wiesner Student Art Awards
The Wiesner Student Art Awards are presented each year annually to up to four students (undergraduate or graduate), living groups, organizations or activities for outstanding achievement in and contributions to the arts at MIT.
MUSIC AND THEATER ARTS SECTION AWARDS
THEATER ARTS AWARDS
The Edward S. Darna Award is awarded to a graduating student who has demonstrated excellence in theater arts and made a substantial contribution to the health of theater life at MIT.
The Joseph D. Everingham Award is named in honor of Joseph Everingham, who was a long-time director of Drama shop from the 1950s through early 1970s. It is awarded to a graduating student in recognition of a single creative outstanding performance or notable creative accomplishments in theater arts.
Alan Brody Prize in Theater Arts is named in honor of playwright and former MIT Professor of Theater Arts and Associate Provost for the Arts Alan Brody. This annual prize celebrates the accomplishments of a graduating senior who has demonstrated artistic excellence in the theater with an emphasis on playwright.
MUSIC AWARDS
The Lowell Lindgren Prize for Musical Scholarship named in honor of musicologist and for MIT Professor of Music, Lowell Lindgren. For excellence in musical research and innovation in historical, cultural, theoretical, or technological studies. The award may be given for distinguished achievements in or out of the classroom, either in recognition of a single research project or for cumulative work that advances musical knowledge.
Endicott Award is in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to world music.
Gregory Tucker Memorial Prizes: In recognition of exceptional ability in composition, performance, music-historical studies, or music technology, and overall contributions to the Music and Theater Arts Section.
Everett Longstreth Jazz Awards: in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble.
Richard and Jody Nordloff Awards: in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Wind Ensemble.
Epstein Award: in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Symphony Orchestra.
Philip Loew Memorial Awards: in recognition of creative accomplishment in music.
J. & E. Ruina Scholarship Award Certificate: in recognition of special gifts in piano.
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Award: in recognition of exceptional talent and commitment to performance at MIT.
Ragnar and Margaret Naess Certificates of Distinction: in recognition of exceptional talent and commitment to performance at MIT.
MIT Chamber Music Society Special Award Certificates: in recognition of an exceptional performance and commitment to chamber music.
John Oliver Choral Award: in recognition of exemplary students participating in the MIT MTA choral program (Concert Choir or Chamber Chorus).
Chamber Music Performance Awards: in recognition to steadfast commitment to Chamber Music Performance.