In 2006, almost $20,000 was awarded
in scholarships and grants to Charleston tri-county
residents. These scholarships are offered annually
to graduating seniors planning to major in music in
college, members of the Charleston
Symphony Youth Orchestra and Charleston
Symphony Orchestra, and students planning a summer
music study activity.
The 2006 $1000 College Scholarship
winners were Margaret Lorince Piano Scholarship winner
Lauren Fitzhenry, piano, Mary
Reed, bass, Timothy Robinson,
trombone, and Zippy Beatty, oboe.
Mary, Timothy and Zippy are students of CSO musicians
Ed Allman, Bill Zehfuss, and Mark Gainer, respectively.
They and their students are to be congratulated.
Lauren Fitzhenry is a home-schooled
senior, and has been studying piano for 8 years. In
2005-2006, she won both the SC MTNA Senior Piano Competition
and the SCGSAH/ Greenville Symphony Piano Competition
for Young Artists, which gave her the opportunity
to perform at the Peace Center in Greenville.
Lauren is a National Merit Finalist and enjoys math,
debate, and constitutional law. She plans on obtaining
dual degrees in Piano Performance and Accounting.
She is currently a student at the College of Charleston
Since age 10, Mary Reed has studied
double bass privately with various members of the
Charleston Symphony Orchestra including Charles Barr,
Tom Bresnick, and Ed Allman.
She has also been a strings major at the Charleston
School of the Arts since sixth grade and has participated
in honor ensembles on state and national levels.
Mary is currently a student at the Peabody Conservatory
of Music.
Timothy James (TJ) Robinson is the
2005 nationally recognized "Outstanding Young Male
Artist" by the Brevard Music Center, and is a 2005
Charleston Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition
Winner.
TJ is also a member of the Charleston Symphony Youth
Orchestra and studies under Mr. William Zehfuss, principal
trombonist of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
TJ, a graduate of Charleston County School of
the Arts, is currently attending the Manhattan
School of Music.
Alexandra Dawson (Zippy) Beatty is
a senior graduating from the Charleston County School
of the Arts. She is the first chair oboist for her
school as well as the Charleston Youth Symphony and
has placed first or second in All-State competitions
over the past several years.
She won a scholarship for the Brevard Music Center
last summer and attended the John Mack Oboe Camp and
won the Charleston Youth Symphony Concerto Competition
last year.
She is vice president of the Tri-M Music Honors Society
and is a staff singer at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church.
She is a student at the Peabody Institute of Music
for Oboe performance.
The CSOL awarded three Matching Grants
and nineteen Summer Study Awards. Micah McLaurin,
Piano, was invited to perform at a recital as a representative
of the Summer Study recipients. Micah will spend the
summer studying with pianist, Marsha Guber.
Summer Study scholarship students will be attending such camps
as Brevard, PointCounterPoint (a chamber music study
group), the Taylor Music Festival here in Charleston,
Amati Music Festival, Ithaca Suzuki, Blue Ridge Suzuki,
and others.
The Matching Grant recipient invited
to play for the recital was Austin Fitzhenry,
Cello. All recipients will receive two semesters of
study with their private teachers. The parents "match"
the money we give as scholarships. Most of these students
study with CSO members and must be members of the
Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra to win this award.
2006 Scholarship Committee members
with CSO Bassist, Tom Bresnick
