ICS Award Applications Due May 17, 2013

Applications are being sought for the following Awards:

Except for the Moriggi/Palumbo Award, applicants should be no more than 25 years of age as of Friday, May 17th, 2013, the post-marked date for receipt of applications.

1) The Maria Guarrera Wilmeth Awards: two Awards of $500 each for ouitstanding Washington metropolitan area high-schoool students of the Italian language.

2) The Elena and Antonio De Luca Award of $1000, to be given to an undergraduate or graduate student who has excelled in the study of Latin and/or Greek.

3) The Luciana Montanari-Mendola Awards of $1000 for an undergraduate or conservatory student showing promise in piano performance and $350 for a high school age pianist showing promise in piano performance. Examples of recordings must accompany your application and must include one piece for solo piano by Frederick Chopin.

4) The Ruggiero Moriggi/ Vincenzo Palumbo Artisan Award of  $500, to be given to a person who has excelled in the fine arts (exclusive of music), or to an artisan who has excelled in a traditional Italian craft (such as ceramics, jewerly, leather-working, furniture-making, musical instruments, lace work, fine fabrics, etc.). Written reviews and/or photographs, etc. of your work must be submitted to the Awards Committee. Age restriction does not apply.

 Materials to be included in the application are:

1. College transcripts when appropriate and High School transcripts for no. 1). (These are not required for Award no. 4. That person should submit photographs or other examples of his/her work.)
2. Three letters of recommendation
3. An essay describing why the applicant is a valid contender for the award
4. A short biographical presentation of the candidate (curriculum vitae)
5. Anything that would demonstrate the ability of the candidate, including publications by and/or about the candidate, photographs, CDs etc.

Selection will occur during the last week of May and awards will be presented at the ICS gala dinner, which will take place on June at a location to be announced, as will be advertised in our newsletter Poche Parole and website. Attendance at the dinner is required and awards will be reassigned if the winner is unable to attend, except for exceptional circumstances as determined by the Awards Committee. The winners of the Luciana Montanari-Mendola award may be asked to peform at the gala dinner.

Applications must be postmarked no later than Friday, May 18 and sent to: