Creative Impact
Creative Impact celebrates the creative fruit borne by our alumni, members, and scholarship recipients. From published books and original music to staged productions and artistic collaborations, this page showcases how an organization in the performing arts translates into lasting creative contribution, professional development, and cultural influence.
American violinist Annelle K. Gregory is a laureate of international competitions, a concert soloist, and a recording artist. She is the 1st Prize & Audience Choice Award winner of the 2017 National Sphinx Competition and Laureate of the 2013 Stradivarius International Violin Competition.
Annelle was awarded the 2017 Isaac Stern Award and has received scholarships from the Musical Merit Foundation and the League of Allied Arts. Other awards include 1st Prizes in the 2017 “Grand Prize Virtuoso” International Competition, the 2017 NANM National Strings Competition, the 2017 Beverly Hills National Auditions, the 2016 American Protégé International Concerto Competition, and the 2012 NAACP ACT-SO National Strings Competition. After graduating from high school at age 16 with honors, Annelle graduated first in her class, summa cum laude, from USC’s Thornton School of Music with departmental honors and became the first music performance major to win the Discovery Scholar Prize.
This is her first book.