THE FRANK ROSOLINO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR JAZZ TROMBONE WAS AWARDED TO MR. NILS WOGRAM, GERMANY, AT THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE FESTIVAL(JULY 2-6), HELD AT THE LANDESKONSERVATORIUM IN FELDKIRCH, AUSTRIA. IN ADDITION, MR. WOGRAM WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A SPECIAL TRAVEL AWARD DRAWN ON THE FRANK ROSOLINO MEMORIAL FUND WHICH WAS CO-FOUNDED IN 1994 BY CONRAD HERWIG (NEW YORK FREE- LANCE TROMBONIST) AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS EUGENE E. GRISSOM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA. MR. WOGRAM IS A STUDENT OF JIGGS WHIGHAM AT THE MUSIKHOCHSCHULE IN KOLN, GERMANY, AND APPEARED IN CONCERT TOGETHER WITH FESTIVAL JAZZ ARTISTS JIM PUGH AND ED NEUMEISTER (NEW YORK), MARK NIGHTINGALE (ENGLAND), BILL REICHENBACH (LOS ANGELES), THE BIG BAND GRAZ (SIGI FEIGEL, CONDUCTOR) AND AS A GUEST SOLOIST WITH OTHER JAZZ PERFORMERS DURING THE WEEK LONG INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE (WORKSHOP)FESTIVAL.
NILS RECENTLY SPENT TWO YEARS IN NEW YORK AND LISTS AS TEACHERS, STEVE TURRE, KENNY WERNER, RICHIE BEIRACH, CONRAD HERWIG, AND SLIDE HAMPTON. A CD TITLED "NEW YORK CONVERSATIONS", (MONS LCD 6458) WAS THE RESULT OF THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE AND FEATURES NILS WOGRAM AND KENNY WERNER.
PROFESSOR EMERITUS EUGENE E. GRISSOM IS CO-SPONSOR OF THE FRANK ROSOLINO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR JAZZ TROMBONE ALONG WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE ASSOCIATION AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING ON THE INTERNATIONAL TROMBONE ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND PRIZES COMMITTEE. HE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RECENTLY FOUNDED FRANK ROSOLINO MEMORIAL FUND, INC. AND A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN ARTS FEDERATION JAZZ ADVISORY PANEL.
THIS PAST YEAR THE FRANK ROSOLINO MEMORIAL FUND, INC., IN ADDITION TO ITS STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR, RECEIVED MAJOR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP FROM UNITED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND THE SELMER COMPANY.