The Frank Rosolino Memorial Fund, Inc.
The Frank Rosolino Memorial Fund was established
March 1994 by Conrad Herwig, New York free-lance trombonist and Eugene E.
Grissom, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, to provide additional
support for the Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship for jazz trombone This
scholarship for jazz trombone was established in 1979 following the tragic
death of Frank Rosolino in November of 1978 and is co-sponsored by the International
Trombone Association and Professor Grissom. It has been awarded annually
at the International Trombone Workshop and previously been limited to providing
tuition and room. However, at the 1993 workshop in Cleveland, the ITA
established an endowment for the scholarship with the earned interest to
guarantee a student's tuition, room, and board. In addition to the financial
commitment for supporting the scholarship winner there has been a renewed
interest among the membership to see that a greater number of qualified students
are given the opportunity to attend the workshop. The establishment of this
new Rosolino fund promises to provide a mechanism which in addition to travel
assistance for the scholarship winner, depending upon the growth of the fund,
could provide similar support to additional students. We are continuing
to examine the possibility of aiding regional and other trombone workshops
in a like manner.
Surveys conducted with former scholarship winners, many musician friends,
and supporters of Rosolino history have suggested that in order to maintain
the current status of the fund, provide for its growth, and further its main
purpose in assisting the needs of future trombonists, that a solicitation
for funds be established as an annual event and that it be presented as a
kind of personal support group. The following contribution categories have
been suggested for your consideration :
* the first recipient of the fund (in the form of travel assistance) was
Elliot Mason the 1994 winner of the Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship for
jazz trombone. Mr. Mason is from England, has completed his first year scholarship
program at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and is currently free
lancing in New York City.
* this years' Frank Rosolino Memorial Scholarship winner and Rosolino
Memorial Fund recipient, is Antti Rissanen, Finland