Two Gena Branscombe Project Scholarship Winners Meet

 

For six years The Gena Branscombe Project has awarded scholarships to up-and-coming Arts Administrators, Conductors and Composers.  Our winners have proven themselves as music scholars, conductors whose talents raise performance standards and leaders of organizations where they involve their local community to participate in the arts.  Most of all, they are caring people whose mission is to make the world a better place.

 One of our missions has been to stay in touch with our winners.  We meet them for breakfast, coffee or lunch when they are in New York City or Boston.  Wonderful conversations have taken place where we learn of their personal and professional goals.  We attend their concerts and events. 

One other joy in this mission is introducing the winners to one another.  Recently Damali Willingham (2020 Composer winner) and Braeden Weyhrich (2024 Conductor winner) met at Georgia State University where Braeden will be conducting her Master’s recital on Thursday, October 9^th which will include a Gena Branscombe piece.   The reason they met? 

 

Several years ago while a student at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Damali arranged Gena Branscombe’s orchestral work, “Festival Prelude – March” for wind ensemble.  They also conducted the work leading the Berklee Wind Ensemble in performance. 

Recently Damali traveled to Georgia where they met Braeden. Damali worked with the Georgia State University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble advising and coaching the musicians on the details and musical nuances of “Festival Prelude – March”.  What a great collaboration.

Two Gena Branscombe Scholarship winners working together and #BringingBackBranscombe”.  The Gena Branscombe Project could not be more proud of these talented musicians. 

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