CVSM AWARDS CONCERT WAS HELD ON SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2005 at 3:00 PM

-- NEXT YEAR'S CONCERT WILL BE ON APRIL 23, 2006!  (The Merit Award competition will be on March 25, 2006 and winners will be announced on this site later that evening.  If you are a CVSM student and interested in competing, please ask your teacher about participating or call the CVSM office for more information.)

CHAMBERSBURG.  The Cumberland Valley School of Music will be presenting the CVSM Awards Concert on Sunday, April 24, at 3:00 PM in Thomson Chapel, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA.  The recital will feature the winners of CVSM’s merit award competition, which was held on April 3, as well as graduating seniors who are going on to pursue careers in music and the winner of this year’s Benjamin Rhine Scholarship.  In addition, this concert will mark the formal announcement of the new Henry and Janet Guarriello Scholarship Fund, which will assist graduating seniors with college tuition expenses.

In the merit award competition, 38 students vied for 9 awards in piano, vocal, and instrumental categories.  Evaluated by teams of impartial judges on such criteria as technique, tone, interpretation, stage presence, and sight-reading, the first three prizewinners in each category will perform.  Winners this year are:

            Vocal Awards

First Place – Jay Eury – CVSM student of Richard Overcash and Paula Hepfer, an 11^th grade student at Chambersburg Area Senior High School, son of James and Bernice Eury, 3875 Altenwald Rd., Waynesboro, PA

Second Place – Matthew Duffield – CVSM student of Richard Overcash and Roy Justice, a 10^th grade student at Chambersburg Area Senior High School, son of Mike and Joan Duffield, 3848 Pampas Circle, Chambersburg, PA

Third Place – Jessica Harney – CVSM student of Paula Hepfer, an 8^th grade student at Faust Junior High School, daughter of Kevin and Sara Harney, 256 Hickory Drive, Fayetteville, PA

Instrumental Awards

First Place – Christa Hoover – CVSM violin student of Deborah Stotelmyer, a 10^th grade student at Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School, daughter of Paul and Shirley Hoover, 405 Milnor Rd., Greencastle, PA

Piano Awards

First Place – Daniel Lawson – CVSM student of Jeffrey Noll, an 11^th grade student at Shalom Christian Academy, son of David and Lisa Lawson, 750 E. Catherine St., Chambersburg, PA

Second Place – Phillip Johnston – CVSM student of Julia Emig, a 11^th grade student at Shalom Christian Academy, son of Daniel and Marcia Johnston , 450 Midland Drive, Chambersburg, PA

Also performing will be the winner of this year’s Benjamin A. Rhine Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to a CVSM student who is studying and displaying aptitude on multiple instruments.  This year’s recipient is: Joanna Hoover – CVSM student of Deborah Stoetlmyer (violin) and Suzanne Sweigart (voice), an 11^th grade student at Greencastle-Antrim Senior High School, daughter Paul and Shirley Hoover, 405 Milnor Rd., Greencastle, PA

In addition, CVSM will be honoring graduating seniors who are past merit scholars or are going on to pursue careers in music or the performing arts at this recital:

Graduating Seniors who will be performing:

Melanie Emig, CVSM voice student of Erin Smith, flute student of Tim Gotwald, and piano student of M. Susan Matson, graduating from CASHS, will be majoring in Vocal Performance at either Oberlin Conservatory or Boston College, daughter of Peter and Julia Emig. 

Kelly McNamee, CVSM voice student of Erin Smith and French horn student of Don Schroeder, graduating from CASHS, will be majoring in Music Ed at Indiana University of PA, daughter of Patrick and Carol McNamee.  .

Kevin Padworski, CVSM voice student of Richard Overcash and Corey Rotz and saxophone student of Paul Grane, graduating from CASHS, will be majoring in Music Ed at Eastern College, son of Walter and Deborah Padworski.

Emily Sanders, CVSM violin student of Terry Losee and voice student of Margaret Weeks, graduating from CASHS, will be majoring in Music Ed at Indiana University of PA, daughter of John and Linda Sanders. 

Anna Showalter, piano student of Julia Emig and former violin student of Emily Murphy, home-school graduate, will attend Goshen College in Fall ’06,daughter of Linden and Ruth Showalter, Waynesboro, PA. .

Joshua Wenger. Graduating from CASHS, CVSM voice student of Richard Overcash, will be majoring in Music Ed, son of Nelson and Michelle Wenger.

The Cumberland Valley School of Music is a non-profit certified member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts with nearly 600 students and 53 faculty members at three locations: Chambersburg, Waynesboro, and Mercersburg

Admission to the recital is free.  Refreshments will be served following the performance.  For more information, call CVSM at (717)-261-1220.