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Metropolitan Music
Ministries offers three $1500 scholarships to college students in North
and
South Carolina
to encourage the pursuit of careers in sacred music. Information is
sent to the music departments of colleges and universities in North and
South Carolina
, and applications are received in the late winter. In the spring,
scholarships are awarded following a process of application and audition.
The deadline for receipt of 2007 applications was Thursday,
February 28, 2008.
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2007 Scholarship Winners |
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The scholarships offered are:
The
Richard VanSciver Church Music Scholarship,
awarded to an outstanding organ student who plans to pursue a career in church
music.
The Dr.
Martha Strawn Iley Church Music Scholarship, awarded to an
outstanding voice student who plans to pursue a career in church music.
The Cheryl
Iley Lindstrom Church Music Scholarship, awarded to an outstanding
piano student who plans to pursue a career in church music. |
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UNC-Charlotte
student Rodney Harrison is the winner of the Martha Strawn Iley Church Music
Scholarship in Voice. Rodney
studies with Jeffrey Price, and he is also the full-time Minister of Music
at
Western
Avenue
Baptist
Church
in
Statesville
,
NC
. Rodney’s own philosophy of
church music is reflected in his application essay: “Music is a
wonderful vehicle for the teaching of theology, as in the timeless hymns.
It also enables our praise, as in the new songs.
We worship God now through music and we will continue to worship
him throughout eternity.”
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2008 ORGAN application click here. (MS Word)
2008
VOICE application click here. (MS Word)
2008
PIANO application click here. (MS Word)
For further information contact :
Anegla Forde (704) 341-3748
angief2754@aol.com
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The 2007 winner of the Richard
Van Sciver Church Music Scholarship in Organ is Adam
Pajan, a rising senior at
Furman
University
. An organ student of Furman professor Charles Tompkins, Adam also serves
as organist and choir director at St. Mary’s Catholic Church,
Greenville
,
SC.
On the essay accompanying his
application, Adam writes, “Church music gives me an opportunity to use
the skills God has given me and put them into use in serving him.”
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Bruce
Moser is the winner of the Cheryl Iley Lindstrom Church Music
Scholarship in Piano. A
doctoral student at UNC-Greensboro, Bruce is a student of John Salmon.
Bruce writes, “We are all given gifts.
Some of us excel at writing, others in math or science.
Some people are good at remembering names, others can fix anything
put in front of them. I
believe God gave me the gift of music.” |
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additional scholarship, the Dorothy Royal Church Music Scholarship, was
awarded in 2007. This was won by Mark
Dickens, a junior at the
University
of
South Carolina
, As an organ performance major at USC, Mark studies with William Bates.
Mark writes on his application essay, “There are different
outlets for glorifying God.
For some it is welcoming worshippers on Sunday morning; others make
sure the heat is on before services; and some even sharpen pencils so
visitors can fill out the guest registers in the pews.
Every Christian is called to use their talents to glorify God.
I’m just thankful that my gift of organ playing is as enjoyable
for me as it is for others who listen.”
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