In the spring term of each year, the Department of Music holds the Gerald A. Tracy Memorial Piano Competition, in which undergraduate piano students perform and compete for first, second, and third prize awards.
Competition: Friday, May 10, at 7:00 p.m. in Sudikoff 045
Masterclass with Marc Ryser: Saturday, May 11, at 10:00 a.m. in Sudikoff 045
2024 Tracy Piano Competition Registration Form (PDF)
Judges: Evan Hirsch, Stephanie Rogers, and special guest judge Marc Ryser
Registration due: April 26
Mystery piece available: April 12
2023
2022
(No competition held in 2020 or 2021)
2019
The Gerald Tracy Memorial Scholarship Fund was created in January 1983 with funds available from life income trusts established at the College by the late Pennington Haile '24 in memory of his friend Gerald Tracy. Annual revenues from the Fund are awarded each year to a Dartmouth undergraduate who is a serious piano student, who shows potential for a professional career as a concert pianist, and who also qualifies for financial aid under the conditions established by the College Trustees. Each spring the Music Department holds The Gerald Tracy Piano Competition, through which it hopes to identify outstanding piano students to be awarded first, second, and third prize awards.
Awarded to the highest-ranking winner of the Tracy Competition who is eligible for financial aid, the Tracy Scholarship recognizes the student's serious pursuit of an instrument, and his or her potential for further professional involvement in music. As the Tracy Scholar, the student receives, in addition to his or her competition award, an additional $100 in scholarship aid per enrolled term. Moreover, the Scholarship is recorded in official College transcripts and represents an important academic recognition.