The Valerie Farag Music Award

The Valerie Farag Music Award is a cash award conferred at every commencement to an outstanding AUC graduate with a major or minor in Music Performance or Music Technology. 

Valerie Farag joined the faculty at the American University in Cairo in 1981, after teaching at Tulane University and Dunbarton College. She was the first person to teach courses in music at AUC, and she continued to do so for the next three decades. She also presented numerous recitals as a soprano soloist in Oriental Hall, Ewart Memorial Hall, and the Falaki Theater at the AUC Tahrir campus. Her passion and dedication were instrumental to establishing the Music Program at AUC. This award was established to commemorate her memory.

Graduating students who wish to be considered for the award should send an email to the Director of the Music Program. The winner will be chosen by a committee of three faculty from the Department of the Arts on the basis of their musical and academic skills and contribution to the Music Program and other art-related student activities.

The selection committee will announce its decision at the end of the semester. In case there are no qualified applicants, the committee will recommend the postponement of the award to the spring.