{"id":120799,"date":"2025-04-28T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&p=120799"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:32:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T14:32:56","slug":"kahn-award-nyla-mawire","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/articles\/2025\/kahn-award-nyla-mawire\/","title":{"rendered":"Kahn Award in Hand, CFA School of Music Grad Returns to Her Hometown"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
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This article was originally published in BU Today<\/a><\/em> on April 25, 2025. By Molly Callahan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Nyla Mawire, playing tuba is a way of being part of something greater than herself\u2014it\u2019s being part of a community. As a performer in an orchestra, she says, \u201cyou really are the foundation of the sound we\u2019re making. That\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mawire (CFA\u201925) wants to be that foundation for other young musicians in her community, too. In her hometown of Somersworth, N.H.\u2014a small city that bumps up against neighboring Maine\u2014she is aware that funding for music education can be hard to come by. Like so many communities across the United States, when budget cuts are called for in Somersworth, arts education is often among the first on the chopping block. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With help from a recent award, Mawire plans to help fill that gap. She is Boston University\u2019s 2025 winner of the Esther B. and Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Award<\/a>, which comes with a $20,000 check intended to jump-start the career of one graduating College of Fine Arts student each year. Five other Kahn Award finalists each receive $2,500. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Music is something that has taught me so many other life skills, and I really think that having a strong music foundation can only be a positive thing for young students. <\/div>