Awards presented to Rebecca Davis

  • This listing is supplemental to Rebecca's essential biography information
  • Grants, Awards and Scholarships
    • McKnight Fellowship
    • Legacy Arts & Cultural Heritage Grant
    • Mary Duke Biddle Granthas rare combination of being an incredible musician, performer and teacher
    • League of Allied Arts Grant
    • Teaching Fellowship/The Juilliard School - (taught Ear Training to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year conservatory music students for three years)
    • Certificate of Merit/Minnesota State Arts Board ("in recognition of accomplishments as concert pianist, dedication to the education of young people and service to the arts community of Minnesota")
    • Member of ACME - "Artists, Composers, Musicologists, Educators" (members selected are "widely known and acclaimed in their field of musical endeavor")
    • Juilliard Scholarship
    • Van Cliburn Scholarship
    • Vittorio Giannini Memorial Scholarship
    • Arthur Stein Memorial Scholarship
    • Irwin Freundlich Piano Scholarship
    • James Friskin Piano Scholarship
  • Board Member
    • Minnesota State Arts Board - Vice Chair-Executive Committee
    • Lake Region Arts Council
    • Mu Phi Epsilon - Los Angeles Chapter President/2 years (int'l music organization)
    • Dominant Club - board member/2 years (int'l music organization)
    • Rainbows, Inc. - board member/1 year - (national organization funding/supporting children's services in Los Angeles)
    • any music teacher can give a student a general understanding of music, but it takes someone like Ms. Davis) who is passionate and cares deeply for what they do in order to pass on that love to others
  • Juror
    • Minnesota State Arts Board
    • New York Mills Cultural Center
    • Competition for Talented Young Pianists /Hollywood, CA
    • Act-So Competition (for talented African American students)
    • Various other panels nationwide
  • Other Performances
    • The Charite/Europe's largest hospital; world-renowned for patient care and research
    • Fundraiser for neurological research /Beverly Hills/Dr. Keith Black of Cedar-Sinai Hospitalhas a very special talent of thoroughly engaging and educating her audience during a performance while at the same time preserving an elegant atmosphere ? Mark Turner/Executive Director-New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
    • Los Angeles Mission/homeless shelter
    • Braille Institute/Los Angeles, CA
    • Minnesota Alzheimer's Association
    • County of Los Angeles/Dept. of Children's Services/MacLaren Children's Center
    • Human Services Department/Culver City, CA
    • Public schools: New York, California, Pennsylvania, Minnesota
    • Senior citizen homes/centers: California, New York, Pennsylvania, Minnesota
    • Arts Council of the Afro-American Museum Foundation/Los Angeles, CA
    • Minnesota Fundraiser - (raised money to help finance summer study abroad for three area students)