Press Release
A central part of the mission of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra League (CSOL®) is to provide educational opportunities for the children and youth of our community as well as the musicians of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Past winners of CSOL scholarships have gone on to brilliant musical careers around the U.S. and abroad.
College Scholarships are available for graduating high school seniors who plan to major in music performance, therapy, composition, technology or education. The 12th annual David and Karen Stahl Memorial College Scholarship of $2,500 is awarded to Elaina Gable, violin, Charleston County School of the Arts. Five College Scholarships of $2,000 each are awarded to:
- Miranda Hartnett, piano, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Yosef Chang, viola, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Athena Gossett, timpani, Hanahan High School
- Jack Altenbach, euphonium, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Nicholas Gergits, bassoon, Wando High School
Matching Grant Scholarships of $500 for private study are awarded to members of the Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra and Charleston Symphony Youth Strings. This year matching grants are awarded to:
- Adam Kremer, cello, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Cyle Tang, viola, Charleston County School of the Arts
In addition, the CSOL will provide $2,750 for need-based scholarships for Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra/Strings tuition and will award financial need scholarships for private lesson to members through the Donna Reyburn Scholarship Fund.
Summer Study Scholarships of varying amounts are awarded to students who are attending summer music camps and for summer private lessons. This year the following 16 are awarded scholarships totaling $10,250:
The Ruth and Barry Goldsmith Award is a supplement for a student with an exceptional audition to support participation in a music festival. This year's award winner is Ava Whitener, violin, Charleston County School of the Arts.
The JoHanna Bowen Scholarship Is an award supplement for students planning to attend a music festival. This year's recipients are
- Peter O'Malley, cello, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Elliott MacDonald, violin, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Eliana MacDonald, piano, Ft. Dorchester Elementary School
- Jonathan Mei, piano, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Devin O'Brien, double bass, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Michael Zhang, piano, Porter Gaud
- Vanessa Nguyen, piano, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Capers Tabrizian, violin, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Harry Ding, piano, Academic Magnet High School
- Andy Wong, piano, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Thomas Nguyen, piano, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Gabrielle Sun, piano, Academic Magnet High School
- Emma Fang, piano, Academic Magnet High School
- Ian Proctor, piano, Charleston County School of the Arts
- Callie Williams, violin, Charleston County School of the Arts
In addition to the youth scholarships above, CSO Musician Summer Study Grants totaling up to $5,000 will be awarded to the members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
The CSOL offers congratulations to the scholarship winners. Carol Cronk, League co-President commented, “We are proud to be playing our part to prepare the professional musicians of the future.”
