21st Camerata Award Concert Gala
A Celebration of Music at the University of Utah
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Libby Gardner Concert Hall | 8 PM
Free and open to the public. No tickets required.
The Camerata Awards Concert Gala celebrates community musicians and patrons of the arts for their contributions to the University of Utah and the broader community. Each year, the School of Music honors two Camerata Award recipients at a private dinner and public concert.
21st Camerata Award Recipients
M. Lynn Bennion Foundation
When beloved educator and school superintendent M. Lynn Bennion passed away in 1998,
he established a foundation, naming his children Annette Clark, Carolyn Heaton, John
Bennion, and Rebecca Glade as trustees. For the past 23 years, the Bennion siblings
have funded more than 100 scholarships in education and music at the U and Westminster
College. Doing so has brought them closer, while furthering their parent’s legacy.
John Marlowe Nielson (1908-2002)
Over a 55-year musical career, Marlowe – as he was known to most – conducted and taught
thousands of Utah singers. From a humble Idaho upbringing, he graduated from the U
and served on its faculty for 28 years. He turned the 30-member University Men’s Chorus
into a showpiece. He established and conducted for 14 years The University Chorale
– today the Utah Symphony Chorus. In retirement, he conducted the preeminent chamber
choir Pro Musica of Utah for 24 years.