The Willis M. Tate
President’s Scholar
2006-2007

 

Anne Elizabeth Strickland

 Anne is a senior from McKinney, Texas, majoring in Music Composition.  Her goal is to become a composer, who speaks the language of music effectively and deeply.  Anne’s hobbies include playing keyboard and singing vocals in the rock band Enola.  She also enjoys songwriting, music technology, jazz, and reading books about extraordinary people of faith.

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS

• Piano Festivals and Competitions

• Top Ten Percent
• After School Community Service
• “Fish” Christian Organization, founder and president
• Theatre
• National Honor Society
• Theatre, actor and stage manager
• Bible Study
• Inner City Missions

SMU ACTIVITIES AND HONORS

• Honor Roll with High Distinction

• Meadows Artistic Scholarship
• University Honors Program
• The ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards Finalist
• Week of Welcome Orientation Leader
• Franklin Balch Society, member
• Meadows Jazz Orchestra, pianist
• SMU Bible Study
• Personal music compositions shown to distinguished composers; Augusta Read Thomas, Chester Biscardi, Stephen Jones, and Timothy Broege

Contact: aestrick@smu.edu