2012 Scholarship Winners
Danah Bazzi, flute, grade 12; Mariam Bazzi, viola, grade 9; David Cox, violin, grade 8; Mia Deckert, violin, grade 12; Erin Deutschman, flute, grade 9; Ayman Doppke, cello, grade 10; Mariam Froman, oboe, grade 10; Nicole Lawnicki, flute, grade 9; Jennifer Lentz, flute, grade 10; Jonathan Lesinski, violin, grade 9; Jasan Lin, clarinet, grade 11; Nathalie Meyers, flute, grade 10; Sascha Meyers,flute, grade 11; John Orischak, clarinet, grade 11; Dagon Park, trumpet, grade 12; Rachel Ramirez, viola, grade 12; Olivia Renico, flute, grade 9; Zachariah Shorufi, violin, grade 11; Eric Smith, violin, grade 12; Luke Smith, cello, grade 8; Madeleine Straley, violin, grade 11; Noah Welker, violin, grade 9; MiaJune Wurster, cello, grade 10;
Young instrumentalists entering grades 8-12 from Dearborn and Dearborn Heights are fortunate, once again, to benefit from the generosity of area service clubs and individuals who place a high value on private music instruction. Eighteen outstanding musicians are receiving scholarship awards ranging from $250 to $500 for the 2010-11 school year.
Each year, The Dearborn Symphony offers scholarships to deserving students who will be entering grades 8-12 for the upcoming school year. Auditions are held in May for the following year. Scholarship applicants must be students in a public or private Dearborn or Dearborn Heights school or home-schooled. Performers on all standard orchestral instruments, with the exception of piano, are eligible to participate. The scholarship winners are honored and given their awards at a Dearborn Symphony concert in the fall. Several generous service clubs, corporations, private foundations and individuals have contributed funds to allow us to award several thousand dollars of awards each year.
Scholarship competition criteria include:
- First ratings at the Michigan School Solo and Ensemble Festival
- A worthy solo audition on a symphonic instrument
- Recommendations from private music instructors
- Being a student in a Dearborn or Dearborn Heights public, private or home school.
Several musicians of the Dearborn Symphony serve as judges of the competition.
Click here for scholarship application form and instructions.
Program Sponsors
The scholarship program is made possible by donations from:
- American Association of University Women Dearborn Branch
- Anne & Donovan Bakalyar
- Marge & Bob Bryer
- Virginia Blow
- Exchange Club of Dearborn
- Fairlane Sunrise Rotary Club
- Friends of the Dearborn Symphony (WADOS)
- Henry Ford Village
- Kiwanis Club of Dearborn
- Kiwanis Club of Dearborn Outer Drive
- Janet & Bill Leslie
- Frank and Mary Padzieski Trust Fund
- Hugh Weller