Incoming first-year student and trumpet player Samuel Atallah was awarded a $5,000 scholarship from Natixis Global Asset Management to pursue collegiate music studies. He was featured in the Fall 2016 issue of Massachusetts Music Educators' Journal.

From the article:

"Sam Atallah, who graduated this year from Needham High School, is a trumpet player for the Massachusetts Music Educators Association All-State Jazz Band. He describes playing at the Newport Jazz Festival as “the absolute high point of my summers and of my high school music career.” Atallah will apply his Natixis scholarship to major in music with a concentration in jazz at the University of Vermont."

Sam is currently studying trumpet with Prof. Ray Vega. He plays in the University Jazz Ensemble and Post-Bop Combo.

Congratulations, Sam! We are thrilled to have you as a UVM music major!