SCHOLARSHIP NEWS
2024 Chattanooga Music Club Scholarship
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Scholarship Winners Recital And Tea
Several folks made it to the Scholarship Winners Recital and Tea on Sunday April 14 at the First Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga. We were quite amazed at the talent of these 5 young people. The parents and teachers were proud of their charges as we saw several beaming faces on the adults in the audience. Afterwards we got together to enjoy delicious finger food that various people brought. And of course we enjoyed visiting with each other, the students and their families and teachers. If you couldn’t make it, you will still enjoy the videos of each of the winners performing one of their winning pieces for us, and pictures from the event.
*Photos and videos courtesy of Betty Anne Neal, Jamie Curtis and Rebecca Levings
Program - Click to see more detail
** Mouse over each picture in the gallery above to see a description **
The winners of the Chattanooga Music Club 2024 Scholarship awards include:
Jasper Sewell, violin. Winner of the CMC top award of $5000. Attends Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts in Chattanooga.
Emily Taylor, voice. Winner of the Opal Rhea Swaity Scholarship. Attends Heritage High School in Ringgold GA.
Beke Nestler, voice. Winner of the Opal Rhea Swaity Scholarship. Attends Signal Mountain Middle/High School in Signal Mountain TN.
Harrison Wells, trumpet. Winner of the Admiral Vance & Charlynne Fry Scholarship. Homeschooled.
Hannah Plaisted, piano. Winner of the Dorothy Price Martin Cobb Scholarship. Attends Homelife Academy (homeschool).
Other contestants include:
Jun Park (violin), Abigail Smith (flute), Alayna Itson (violin), Tyler Emmett (voice), Claire James (voice), May Mazurek (voice), Grace Meehan (voice), and Parker Smith (voice).
The pictures below show the contestants and more information on each. Click on each picture for a close-up and details.
** For more information on all scholarships other than the Grace Moore scholarships, please email us at Scholarships@chattanoogamusicclub.org **
2024 GRACE MOORE SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS
All entrants shall be Tennessee born and be 18 to 30 years of age. Contestants must have reached their 18th birthday, and may not have reached their 31st birthday, by the application deadline. All applications must be accompanied by a signed and completed Application Form (see below under Grace Moore Scholarship Forms), an updated resume, a current photo (headshot), and a copy of the applicant’s current photo identification.
Each entrant is required to have a background in voice study and have operatic possibilities and ambitions.
Applicants in the Young Artist category must furnish a program of three operatic arias in various styles and original languages, to be sung from memory. Applicants in the Student category must furnish a program of two operatic arias in different styles and original languages and one art song in the original language. (Italian arias of the 17th and 18th centuries or operetta arias may be used as one selection). No changes or substitutions to submitted repertoire will be allowed.
Top winners in each category will sing for the Music Club’s spring dinner on May 14, 2024.
Afternoon recital attire is standard dress for the competition.
All decisions of the judges are final. There shall be no audience at the competition. Attendance is limited to the judges, contestants, accompanists, trustee, and chairperson.
Applicants are encouraged to provide their own accompanists; however, if requested on the Application Form, an accompanist will be provided for a fee of $75. Accompanist fee checks must be made payable to Chattanooga Music Club. In order to use the club-provided accompanist, applicants must send clear copies of their performance pieces to Dr. James Harr at the address below.
All materials (application, resume, photo, copy of ID, accompanist fee, and copies of music) must arrive at the address below, postmarked no later than April 5, 2024.
Dr. James Harr Director of Choral Programs
jharr@mccallie.org
The McCallie School 500 Dodds Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Grace Moore Scholarship Forms:
Who was Grace Moore? Mary Willie Grace Moore was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience. See more about her on her Wikipedia page.
** For more information on the Grace Moore scholarships, please email Dr. James Harr at jharr@mccallie.org **
2023 CMC Scholarship Recipients
March 2023 Scholarship Contestants. Front row: Rebekah Church, Ewan Manalo, Collette Smith, Joshua Franklin, Sofiia Skrypkar, Sarah Latham. Back row: unknown, Kai Lam, Austin Meredith Johnson, Kaleb Hollings, Macy Barry, Parker Hayen, unknown
CMC 2022 Grace Moore Memorial Scholarship Recipients
From left to right: Tristan Tournaud (Vanderbilt), Camilia Dillard (Vanderbilt), Audrey Brokish (Lee), Paige Bush (UTC), Alleigh Watson (Lee)
Top Finalists: Camilia Dillard ($1000), Tristan Tournaud ($500)
CMC 2022 Scholarship Recipients
From left to right: Benjamin Brown, voice, Opal Rhea Swaity Award; Bradley Bee, piano, CMC Scholarship; Jan Cochrane, Scholarship Committee Chair; Rachel Young, voice, Opal Rhea Swaity Award; Addison Arnold, voice, Admiral and Mrs. Vance (Charlynne) Fry Award; Robert Downs, voice, Dr. Glenn W. Draper Memorial Award (By Admiral and Mrs. Vance Fry); Emma Poppert, voice, Opal Rhea Swaity Award; Elizabeth Lindley, violin, CMC Scholarship.
CMC 2021Scholarship Recipients *
● Nathan Francisco, Cello, CMC Scholarship
● Eli Parsley, Piano, CMC Scholarship and Opal Rhea Swaity Scholarship
● Chase Lowery, Voice, Opal Rhea Swaity Scholarship
● Madelyn Brown, Piano, Admiral & Mrs Vance Fry Merit Scholarship
● Grace Barber, Piano, Admiral & Mrs Vance Fry Merit Scholarship
● Sophie Hassevoort, Voice, Opal Rhea Swaity Scholarship
● Madison Lundberg, Piano, Opal Rhea Swaity Scholarship
*virtual auditions & awards
CMC 2019 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
From left to right: Molly Barclay, voice; Lynnae Eades, piano; Dominique Odens, voice; Christy Song, violin; Molly Ragon, trumpet.
CMC 2017 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
From left to right: Janet Sump, Scholarship Committee Chair; Elijah Wyatt, Clarinet, Jay Craven Clarinet Scholarship; Spencer Elliott, Saxophone, Dorothy Martin Scholarship (given by Dr. Jeannette Martin); Caitlin Brown, Vocal, Swaity Scholarship and Admiral and Mrs. Vance (Charlynne) Fry Merit Scholarship; Juliette Blais, Cello, Chattanooga Music Club Scholarship and Fletcher Bright String Award; David Schultz, Organ, Edwin LeMare Organ Scholarship (given by Mr. and Mrs. Jim (Sharon) Bailiff)