SCHOLARSHIPS
Our chorus supports the arts throughout our community with support to the music departments of North Kingstown Schools as well as annual scholarships offered to high school seniors headed to college to study music.
The North Kingstown Community Chorus is pleased to announce the 2021 winners of two music scholarships to two high school seniors who will continue their music studies at the college level, Carolina Roy and Ella McCarty.
Carolina Roy
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Ella McCarty
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Carolina Roy, a North Kingstown resident and high honors student at North Kingstown High School, has won the 2021 $2000 North Kingstown Community Chorus Scholarship. She has studied the cello for six years and has won numerous honors and awards, including winner of the RI Philharmonic Youth Symphony Orchestra concerto competition in 2020 and 1st chair cellist in the RI All-State Orchestra three times.
Carolina has been an integral part of the NKHS Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Senior Jazz Band. According to Norma Caiazza, choral and orchestral director, Carolina has demonstrated superior leadership qualities at the school and in the community. In addition, she teaches cello to students between the ages of 10-14. Carolina plans to double major in music education and cello performance in college, and among the schools she has been accepted to are URI, the University of Hartford, the University of North Carolina, and Duquesne University. |
Ella McCarty, a high achieving senior from South Kingstown High School, has been selected for the 2021 $2000 Janet Berry Scholarship sponsored by the North Kingstown Community Chorus. As an accomplished French horn player she has performed in a large number of music activities, including the SKHS Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Pit Orchestra.
Among Ella’s extracurricular performance activities are RI Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the URI Wind Ensemble, the All Eastern Orchestra, the Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall, and the RIMEA Solo and Ensemble. Cathryn Cummings, her French horn teacher for the last five years, has called her “work ethic and desire to learn greater than I have seen in any other student of mine in more than 25 years of private teaching.” Ella plans to major in music performance for Horn, and then perhaps join a military ensemble, such as the Navy Band. She has been accepted to Temple University, the University of Hartford, and Boston Conservatory, and is leaning toward the latter. |
Scholarship Application Process
Scholarship Applications will be accepted starting in January 2021 for our Spring 2021 Scholarship season. Applications are due by March 15, 2021.
North Kingstown Community Chorus Scholarship:
The North Kingstown Community Chorus will award a $2000 scholarship to a college-bound high school senior.
Eligible to apply: a) Students who reside in North Kingstown attending either public or private
school
b) Students who reside in Jamestown, but attend North Kingstown High
School
c) Students who are in the immediate family of a current Chorus member
An applicant planning to major or minor in the many fields of music is preferred.
In addition, a student who has participated in 3 to 4 years of chorus, concert choir, show chorus, stage band, jazz band, orchestra, or musical productions in high school will also be considered for the award.
The applicant must submit our application form, an official high school transcript, two letters of recommendation, and a video recording of an informal performance in mp4 format. The details are on the application.
The award is competitive and will be juried by a panel of music professionals.
Janet Berry Scholarship in cooperation with the North Kingstown Community Chorus:
The North Kingstown Community Chorus, in honor of Mrs. Janet Berry, a former chorus member, will award a $2000 scholarship to a college-bound high school senior who will graduate from Narragansett or South Kingstown High School, or from The Prout School who resides in Narragansett or South Kingstown.
An applicant planning to major or minor in the many fields of music is preferred.
In addition, a student who has participated in 3 to 4 years of chorus, concert choir, show chorus, stage band, jazz band, orchestra, or musical productions in high school will also be considered for the award.
The applicant must submit our application form, an official high school transcript, two letters of recommendation, and a video recording of an informal performance in mp4 format. The details are on the application.
The award is competitive and will be juried by a panel of music professionals.
The North Kingstown Community Chorus will award a $2000 scholarship to a college-bound high school senior.
Eligible to apply: a) Students who reside in North Kingstown attending either public or private
school
b) Students who reside in Jamestown, but attend North Kingstown High
School
c) Students who are in the immediate family of a current Chorus member
An applicant planning to major or minor in the many fields of music is preferred.
In addition, a student who has participated in 3 to 4 years of chorus, concert choir, show chorus, stage band, jazz band, orchestra, or musical productions in high school will also be considered for the award.
The applicant must submit our application form, an official high school transcript, two letters of recommendation, and a video recording of an informal performance in mp4 format. The details are on the application.
The award is competitive and will be juried by a panel of music professionals.
Janet Berry Scholarship in cooperation with the North Kingstown Community Chorus:
The North Kingstown Community Chorus, in honor of Mrs. Janet Berry, a former chorus member, will award a $2000 scholarship to a college-bound high school senior who will graduate from Narragansett or South Kingstown High School, or from The Prout School who resides in Narragansett or South Kingstown.
An applicant planning to major or minor in the many fields of music is preferred.
In addition, a student who has participated in 3 to 4 years of chorus, concert choir, show chorus, stage band, jazz band, orchestra, or musical productions in high school will also be considered for the award.
The applicant must submit our application form, an official high school transcript, two letters of recommendation, and a video recording of an informal performance in mp4 format. The details are on the application.
The award is competitive and will be juried by a panel of music professionals.
| NKCC Scholarship Application |
| Janet Berry Scholarship Application |