…in its almost century-long history, the School of Music has never had a full-cost undergraduate piano scholarship. That’s despite the popularity of the instrument, which must be studied by many other kinds of music students at the UW. But now that has changed, thanks to two former Madison residents from San Antonio, Texas.
Glen A. and Winifred “Wendy” Skillrud, who are husband and wife, have donated money to start the school’s first comprehensive undergraduate piano scholarship, along with the first similar scholarship for an undergraduate soprano singer.