The guest judge this year is Adam Marks, who will also offer a masterclass in Faulkner on Saturday morning at 10 am. Both Friday night’s competition and Saturday’s class are free and open to the public.

The Gerald Tracy Memorial Scholarship Fund was created in January 1983 with funds available from life income trusts established at the College by the late Pennington Haile ’24 in memory of his friend Gerald Tracy. Annual revenues from the Fund are awarded each year to a Dartmouth undergraduate who is a serious piano student, who shows potential for a professional career as a concert pianist, and who also qualifies for financial aid under the conditions established by the College Trustees. Each spring the Music Department holds The Gerald Tracy Piano Competition, through which it hopes to identify outstanding piano students to be awarded first, second, and third prize awards. The Gerald Tracy Scholarship is then awarded to the highest-ranking prize winner who is eligible for financial aid.