Sharon Holmes Scholarship
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Sharon Holmes ASTA/NJ Scholarship Winners: Angel Liu, Victoria Rogers, EuGene Park, & Kimberley Davis
Sharon Holmes ASTA/NJ Scholarship Winners Write About Their Experiences as Music Education Majors
The Sharon Holmes ASTA/NJ Scholarship Committee tasked the 2009 scholarship winners to write a short essay for our on-line newsletter about their experiences as music education majors, thinking about advice they might give to high school students who may be considering pursuing a career in music education.
They were invited to use anecdotal examples from their freshman year experience and to write about something that has particularly surprised or impressed them about their studies in the music education field.
Read Essays by EuGene Park, Victoria Rogers and Rebecca Dreyman (click on name of student to download essay).
The Sharon Holmes ASTA/NJ Scholarship
2011 Application Update
Sharon Holmes was a violinist, teacher and a tireless advocate for the value of string education in New Jersey. She was a longtime member and friend of the New Jersey Chapter of the American String Teacher’s Association, serving as treasurer and membership director. Sharon taught in the School District of the Chathams for seventeen years, where she built up a successful string program. She was also a violinist with a number of New Jersey’s professional orchestras including the Colonial Symphony, the New Jersey State Opera Orchestra, the Paper Mill Playhouse, the Princeton Symphony and the Westfield Symphony.
The Sharon Holmes ASTA/NJ Scholarship Fund has been set up in her memory to help young New Jersey string students pursue a career in string teaching. An award of $2000 will be given annually to a New Jersey student in his/her senior year of high school planning a career in string education. The award will be presented in 2 installments. The first installment of $1000 will be presented in June of 2011 at the ASTA/NJ Awards Luncheon and the second installment upon completion of the first year of study, providing the candidate maintains a B average or better. The successful candidate will also receive a year of ASTA membership.
The full application is available on-line at www.astanj.com as a pdf file download (click here) to be directed to the application. Interested applicants should complete the application, compose the essay and submit a CD of their playing by April 8, 2011.
For more details contact Rona Landrigan at rlviolin28@gmail.com.
