Music Performance Scholarship Winner!

Wwe are pleased to announce that Melanie Goldstein has been chosen to receive a scholarship from the Music Performance Fund.

Melanie will begin her pursuit of a degree in Music Performance at Stanford University starting this fall after graduating from Clayton High School this spring.

Catherine Lehr, Assistant Principal Cellist, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, has been Melanie’s primary teacher. She has also studied with Hans Jorgen Jensen of Northwestern University.

Melanie has earned numerous awards and honors including Principal Cellist, St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra in 2008 and has performed multiple times with the Missouri All-State Orchestra. She was featured as a soloist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra during their December 2007 Holiday Concert series.

The Music Performance Fund (MPF) is a non-profit organization established in 1948 by the recording companies of North America to promote live music performances by professional musicians. Each year, MPF presents over 10,000 live, admission-free musical programs.

MPF it is funded by the sales of music recordings. Downloaded music sales do not contribute to the fund. This has led to a significant reduction in funds available to the MPF. As a result, the MPF scholarship will not be offered in 2008-2009.

 Congratulations to member Marquita Reef!

Her composition student, Yan Zhu, received Honorable Mention for the composition she submitted to ASCAP for the Morton Gould Young Composer Competition. Yan, at 16, is also one of the youngest winners in the competition.

Yan Zhu was honored at the ASCAP Concert Music Awards Event Thursday, May 22nd in New York city.

Marquita teaches concert band, jazz band, jazz combo and composition at Metro Academic and Classical High School on McPherson in Saint Louis City.