Spring Award Descriptions


Daniel Edge Memorial Scholarship

The Daniel Edge Memorial Scholarship Fund was established with gifts made by his friends and family as a permanently endowed fund to recognize talented and deserving students majoring in Music Engineering and Production and/or those students playing the saxophone, who are in the third or fourth year of study at Berklee College of Music.


Mix Magazine TEC Award

A fund established by MIX Magazine in recognition of continuing MP&E majors and achievement in the audio field. This award was established in response to Berklee receiving the 1985 TEC Award for best recording school. Recipient gives the college the right to notify MIX Magazine of their name and biographical information in connection with the promotion and production of future TEC Awards programs. Students selected for this award will be continuing MP&E majors. Award based on merit.


Christopher Yeoman Scholarship

The awards are given annually to a percussion student and/or a MP&E major who demonstrates outstanding musical talent and has maintained an overall minimum grade point average of 3.0.


NARAS Award

Awards are given to continuing or returning students in the area of Music Technology which recognize outstanding achievement in Music Production and Engineering.


Yale Thompson Memorial Scholarship Fund

The Yale Thompson Memorial Scholarship Fund was established in 1996 in memory of a former Berklee student, Yale Thompson, by his family, Larry, Oksana, and Tiffany Thompson. The endowed scholarship fund was established to recognize an outstanding Music Production and Engineering major with first preference for a student who is a returning senior student, with additional preference for a percussionist.


Joseph Baptista Memorial Scholarship

The Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund is a permanent endowed trust established in 1991 with donations from friends of Joseph Baptista.


KAO Infosystems

The scholarship will be awarded annually to an academically and financially deserving student pursuing multi-media coursework within the Music Technology Division.


The Robin Coxe-Yeldham - Formerly known as the Women in Audio Award.

This award is given to an outstanding female MP&E student.

Robin Coxe-Skolfield was a professor in the Music Production and Engineering department, having taught at Berklee since 1982. Throughout her distinguished career she encouraged women to pursue careers in engineering. In 1995 the Audio Engineering Society awarded her a special "Granny" Award as "First Lady in Audio Education in America."

Contributions may be made in her honor to: Berklee Women in Audio Scholarship, Berklee College of Music, Box 3, 1140 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215.


Liberal Arts Achievement Award

Determined by the Liberal Arts department, student with highest cumulative Liberal Arts GPA.

MP&E Academic Scholar Award

Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the department.


MP&E Creativity Scholar Award

Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the department.


MP&E Production Scholar Award

Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the department.


MP&E Multicultural Achievement Award

Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the department.


Engineering Scholar Award

Awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the department.


MP&E/EPD Dual Major Award

Awarded in recognition dual majors who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in both departments.


TDK Music Technology Award

Awarded annually to musically and academically deserving students demonstrating outstanding achievement in the areas of Music Technology and/or Performance.


William Randolph Hearst Scholarship

This award is designed to recognize outstanding achievement by a Music Production and Engineering / Electronic Production and Design dual major or a single major in one of the two technology division majors.

Candidates must demonstrate outstanding musical and academic merit determined through assessment of demonstrated activity and achievement as a dual Music Production and Engineering and Electronic Production and Design major (preference) or single major in the Music Technology Division. Financial need demonstrated through submission of the appropriate documentation is also required to qualify.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for learning and sharing their knowledge with others and contribute positively to the Music Technology division. Preference will be given to applicants in their junior or senior year who play bass (not required).


Gary Ogan Scholarship

Susan Ogan, mother of MP alumnus Gregory Ogan '03, has established the first-ever endowed fund for the purpose of updating technology and equipment to ensure that Berklee students have the necessary skills to produce the highest quality music possible. The fund has been established in memory of Ogan's late husband, Gary, who passed away in 2000.