The Department of Music has named Brian Fanning as the 2013 Presser Scholar. A lifelong resident of New Hampshire, Brian grew up in Epping and attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover. He started playing the oboe in Eighth Grade and began studying with Margaret Herlehy in his Junior year of high school. Brian is a member of the National Association of Music Education and is currently the president of the UNH collegiate chapter. Brian studied abroad in Utrecht, The Netherlands in Fall 2012 where he performed Stravinsky's Mass on oboe in Amsterdam with the Utrecht Blazers Ensemble and sang Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626 in Amsterdam and Utrecht with the Utrecht Studenten Koor en Orkest. Brian hopes to go to graduate school after completing his Bachelor's degree in Music Education this Spring 2014. When Brian is not in music classes, he works at the UNH Computer Repair Services, where he is also an Apple Certified Mac Technician. During the summer breaks, Brian continues to work at the Computer Repair Services and participates in the Manchester Community Music School Summer Band. Other activities enjoyed by Brian include, biking, sailing, and hiking in the White Mountains. He has completed nine of the forty-eight White Mountain Four Thousand Footers.
Sponsored annually by the Presser Foundation, this award is made to an outstanding undergraduate senior majoring in music. Selection is made by the UNH President and the Chair of the Music Department.
