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Coastal
Concerts is pleased to announce that this year it is awarding not one but
two music scholarships to local high school students. Traditionally, the organization
has had one winner a year, but, according to Dolores Fiegel, chairman
of Coastal Concert’s outreach committee, “We had a pleasant dilemma this
year – we had two winning applicants for our annual award, and because both
were so outstanding, Coastal Concerts decided to recognize both of these talented
young musicians.” Recipients each receive $500 to be used for
furthering musical education.
Cody Leavel
Cape Henlopen High School
Class of 2008 |
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Winners
are Cody Leavel, a
Cape
Henlopen
High School
senior and Emmery
Williams, a
Milford
High School
senior. This is Emmery’s second
win in the annual competition. Cody, well known in the Lewes
community, has performed with the
Cape
’s band and jazz program under
Barry Eli’s direction. He also has performed with Clear Space
Productions. Cody has been a member of the
Sussex
County
honors band for four years, the
Delaware Senior Band for two years and plays with the Delaware
All State Jazz Ensemble, and played at the
University
of
Delaware
and
Boston
jazz festivals. He began as a
clarinet player and now has mastered saxophone, bass clarinet and
flute. He was chosen to participate in the Governor’s
School
of
Excellence
and has often been heard with the
Community Band at
Stango
Park
in Lewes. He often entertains at
retirement communities and his church.
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Emmery Williams
Milford High School
Class of 2008 |
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Coastal Concerts scholarship
winners Emmery
Williams, a classical pianist, is like co-winner Cody Leavel,
a jazz enthusiast. Emmery used her 2005 scholarship to attend
Philadelphia
’s University of the
Arts Pre-College Summer Institute. At Milford High, she is an honor
roll student, member of the Chamber Choir, Concert Choir and Jazz Band. She volunteers at
Abbott’s
Mill
Nature
Center
, Red Cross of Delaware, and The
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition. In the summer of 2007 she toured with the American
Music Abroad Choir and Orchestra Gold Tour in
Europe
and was Recipient of
Delaware State Fair All Star Youth Award. She plays with the marching
band, pit band and concert band at school. An athlete, Emmery participates in
women’s soccer, cross country and track. Coastal Concerts has presented
scholarships for six years, recognizing and
rewarding
Sussex
County
students through a competitive
process. Students must apply, send recommendations, resumes,
personal essays and audition tapes or CDs to the outreach
committee.
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Coastal
Concerts is an all-volunteer
non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing classical concerts
to the
Cape
Region
during the fall and winter
season. The outreach committee also sponsors a used instrument
drive, “Toot Your Own Horn,” for Lewes public school children; in-school free concerts; public
free concerts for local families and a musical story-telling program through area libraries. Coastal Concerts also offers
free admission to all concerts for youth 18 year and under and for one accompanying
adult. The Meridian Arts Ensemble, a brass and percussion sextet will
perform January 19 at Bethel United Methodist Church Hall in Lewes. For more information
about Coastal Concerts, call 302-645-1539 .
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