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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 12, 2021) The University of Kentucky’s College of Fine Arts and School of Music announced the creation of the Wayland Rogers Scholarship for Excellence in the Performance of Art Song.
The Rogers Scholarship was established by distinguished alumnus Wayland D. Rogers, a renowned singer, conductor, teacher and composer based in Chicago, Illinois, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in music from UK in 1963. The scholarship will support senior music performance students who exhibit excellence in art songs or solo music with piano accompaniment.
Rogers, who was originally from Wayne County, Kentucky, held numerous faculty appointments at Northwestern University, Western Kentucky University, Loyola University Chicago, DePaul University, and the Music Institute of Chicago, served as artistic director and conductor of The Camerata Singers of Lake Forest, and served as music director of North Shore Unitarian Church in Deerfield, Illinois.