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Council for the Arts at MIT Awards Louis Sudler Prize

The Louis Sudler Prize is presented annually to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence or the highest standards of proficiency in music, theater, painting, sculpture, design, architecture or film. An endowment fund provides a $2,500 award to the honoree.

The prize was established in 1982 by Louis Sudler, a performer in the arts and an arts patron from Chicago.

For more information, please contact council-arts@mit.edu.

Visit the Institute Awards website for more information and to submit a nomination
Woman in a hall holding a cello and looking to her right while smiling.
Image: 2022 Sudler Prize recipient Valerie Chen. Credit: BEARWALK

2022

Valerie Chen ’22, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Minor in Music

Man lying next to instruments
Image: 2021 Sudler Prize recipient Sebastian Franjou. Credit: Amelia Paine.

2021

Sebastian Franjou ’21, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Music

Read more about Sebastian Franjou.

Man sitting at piano
Image: Sudler Award recipient Venkatesh Sivaraman. Courtesy of the artist.

2020

Venkatesh Sivaraman ’20, Computational Biology received the 2020 Louis Sudler Prize.

Read more about Venkatesh Sivaraman.

A student plays violin.
Image: Grace Yin. Credit: Rachel Wu.

2019

Grace Yin ’19, Course 6-2 (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science), received the 2019 Louis Sudler Prize.

Read more about Grace Yin.

A student holds a violin and bow in front of a chalkboard.
Sudler Prize Winner Bertrand Stone.

2018

Bertrand Stone ’18, Course 18 (Mathematics), received the 2018 Louis Sudler Prize.

Read more about Bertrand Stone.

A student holds drumsticks next to a drum kit.
Garrett Parrish '17, 2017 Sudler Prize winner. Photo: courtesy of Garrett Parrish.

2017

Garrett Parrish ’17, Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering), received the 2017 Louis Sudler Prize.

Read more about Garrett Parrish.

A student plays piano.
Daniel Parker performs at the 2016 CAMIT Annual Meeting. Credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

2016

Daniel Parker ’16, Course 21M (Music), received the 2016 Louis Sudler Prize.

Read more about Daniel Parker’s road to Juilliard via MIT.

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Kresge Auditorium.

2015-1983

A list of past recipients of the Louis Sudler Prize, 2015-1983.

Includes recipient name, award area, and course.

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