2009 Bay Music Foundation Scholarship Award Winners
Bay Music Foundation Awards Scholarships
February 15, 2009
By: Stephen Kent
Kenneth Yagiela
Tony Rongo Honor Award
On Valentine Day 2009, twenty of the area's aspiring young musicians gathered at Bay City's St. Boniface Church for the annual
The Bay Music Foundation competition, an event that's been a tradition for over 55 years.
Competition is open to all Intermediate and High School students who reside and/or study in the Bay County area. Students compete in three divisions. Students in grades 6 to 8 are classified at the intermediate level. Grade 9 to 12 students compete in the Senior division. Winners in the Senior division can return the next year to compete at an "Advanced" level.
Alejandro Cervantes
1st Place - Senior Voice
There are four competition categories in each division:
Piano
Instrumental
Voice
Musical Theater
Judges are selected from a pool of professional musicians, music teachers and college professors. A first and second place scholarship is given in each division and category. Judges may also award honorable mentions.
Judges have the option to also award "The Tony Rongo Honors Award" to an outstanding student. Named for long time Bay City musician and music teacher Tony Rongo, who passed away two years ago, this award is only given to the best.
Winners receive cash scholarship awards, which can be used for summer study at camps such as Herter Music's camp to CMU, Blue Lakes, and Interlochen. Optionally the awards may be used to buy instruments, music, and other music related items.
Zachary Barber
2nd Intermediate Instrumental
The Saturday competition is held at St. Boniface Church. The next afternoon winners and their families and friends came back to the church for the Winner Showcase Recital. The public is invited to this free concert enjoy some great music and performances by some of the area's most talented young people.
The Bay Music Foundation is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting music study. Besides the annual competition, the foundation holds workshops and master classes. All scholarship funds come from contributions and the all volunteer organization grants the majority of these funds to scholarships.
For more information visit
www.BayMusicFoundation.org
MyBayCity.com Congratulates
The Bay Music Foundation's
2008 Scholarship Winners!
Advanced
1st place
Tony Rongo Honor Award
Kenneth Yagiela
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Instrumental
Intermediate - 1st Place
Madison Diehl
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Instrumental
Intermediate - 2nd
Zachary Barber
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Piano
Intermediate - 1st
Matthew Powers
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Voice
Intermediate - 1st
Carly Peil
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Voice
Intermediate - 2nd
Mallory Rivard
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Voice
Intermediate - Honorable Mention
Melissa Berg
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Instrumental
Senior - 1st
Brian Wirsing
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Piano
Senior - 1st
April Lukowski
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Piano
Senior - 2nd
Bianca Henika
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Piano
Senior - Honorable Mention
Samantha Smith
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Voice
Senior - 1st
Alejandro Cervantes
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Musical Theater
Senior - 1st
Madeline Lynch
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Musical Theater
Senior - 2nd
Dylan Ratell
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Advanced
2nd place
Johnathan Costello
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