 Indiana University and School of Music alumna Kathleen Tran, who in 2002 became the 14th IU student and second woman from IU to be named a Rhodes Scholar, has been named as one of 30 winners of the 2005 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
In 2003, she earned a bachelor's degree from IU with a triple major in music, biochemistry, and biology.
Tran began taking classes at the IU School of Music at age 6, studying piano through the Young Pianists Program, directed by Karen Taylor. From age 11, she studied with Luba Edlina-Dubinski. “I still feel very close to Mrs. Dubinsky. She taught me Scriabin, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff. I owe very much to her stylistically,” said Tran.
When asked about her memories of the time she spent at the School of Music, she reflected warmly:
“I actually have many years of memories from the School of Music, having grown up in Bloomington. I essentially grew up with the IU Ballet and Opera Theater. I have many memories of running in circles around the Music Annex as a child, reveling in the cacophony of a hundred musicians, each in their own little world. I remember going to the Music Library after school to listen to precious recordings on VARIATIONS. I also remember being backstage before my first recital and watching my hands shake unbearably. And, I remember that warm feeling that spreads through you when the task is done. It's the best feeling in the world.”
Tran continued, “I very much enjoyed my time as an undergraduate at the IU School of Music. The quality of performance there, from student recitals to the big staged productions in the MAC, was often unbeatable. Most of all, I miss simply being among other musicians who shared similar passions for art. I miss all those nights in the Music Annex with my chamber partners, churning out a great nimbus of sound as if there were nothing else in the world. (Afterwards we'd go to Bear's or Dragon Express and let it drain out of our bones.) I will never find that sort of community anywhere else.”
“Music will never be over for me. I've performed quite a bit over here in England and am looking forward to the music scene in Philadelphia, where I'll be attending medical school (at the University of Pennsylvania). For the future, sometimes I think I'll open up a clinic for musicians, but who knows!”
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