Award Winners

2007-2008 SAI Philanthropies Award Winners

ANNUAL AWARDS

Career Performance Grant In Memory of Verna Ross Orndorff ($5,000)
Amy Lynn Call, voice, Gamma Iota, Iota B Province

Conducting Scholarship for graduate students In Memory of Bobbie Burk ($2,500)
Karen Storms Lecky, Lambda Iota, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Lambda C Province

Music Business/Technology Scholarship In Memory of Dorothy Cooke Whinery ($2,000)
Alexa Cabellon, Beta Tau, New York University, Phi B Province

Music Education Scholarship for Graduate Students In Memory of Mabel Biever ($1,500)
Maureen Colson, Gamma Delta, State University of New York-Potsdam, Eta B Province

Jazz Studies Scholarship ($1,500)
(No recipient)

Music Therapy Scholarship ($1,000)
Diana Le, Sigma Chi, University of Miami, Lambda A Province

Musicians With Special Needs Scholarship ($1,000)
Morissa Rose Freiberg, Sigma Beta, Ohio University, Sigma B Province

Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,500)
*In Memory of Phyllis Dobbyn Holt ($2,000)

Name	Chapter	School	Province
Elizabeth Cadigan	Eta Omicron	University of Nevada	Delta B
Tiffany Janene Downs	Gamma Theta	Georgia Southern University	Tau C
Krista Marie Firkus	Zeta Xi	Berry College	Tau A
Megan Margaret Heber	Kappa Alpha	Rowan University	Phi A
Erin Nicole Howard	Iota Lambda	University of Missouri	Pi B
Erin Rose Johnston	Beta Omicron	Hartwick College	Eta B
Michelle Klemmer	Epsilon Xi	St. Cloud State University	Epsilon B
Jessica Lindsey Moore*	Iota Beta	Murray State University	Psi C
Kristin Marie Olson	Sigma Sigma	University of Minnesota	Epsilon B
Kathleen Marie Redmon*	Epsilon Pi	Truman State University	Pi C
Danielle Andrea Simon	Beta Delta	University of Puget Sound	Nu
Samantha Clare Smith*	Kappa Nu	Lindenwood University	Pi B
Jennifer Ann Strayer	Eta Nu	Hastings College	Xi A
Lindsay Ann Super	Sigma Omega	Susquehanna University	Chi A
Chelsea Nicole Williams	Iota Alpha	Oklahoma State University	Zeta A

Doctoral Grant Underwritten by Donna Heiken ($2,500)

Rebecca Wascoe, Urbana Alumnae, Upsilon B Province

KENNEDY CENTER INTERSHIP ($2,400)

Chelsey Green, Beta Xi, University of Texas-Austin, Kappa A Province

Kimberley Robey, Beta Gamma, Bradley University, Upsilon A Province

Aspen National Vocal Scholarship ($1,000)
Katja Schoenherr, opera, New England Conservatory

Brevard Music Center ($1,000)
Jennfier Foret, saxophone, Louisiana
Alexander Jacobsen, double bass, New Mexico

Chautauqua Music Scholarship ($1,000)
Siyuan Li, piano

Elin J. Stene Scholarship At the University of Kansas ($1,500)
Bailey Vazquez ($1,000), Beta Beta
Lauren Kerrick ($500), Beta Beta

Interlochen Center of the Arts ($1,000)
Janet Yieh, organ

Summer Music Scholarships

Jennifer Climer, Sigma Beta, Ohio University, Trombone, Rome Festival Orchestra, Rome

Jessica Kluck, Sigma Iota, Syracuse University, Voice, Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC

Abigail Levis, Sigma Theta, Eastman School, Voice, Austrian American Mozart Academy, Salzburg, Austria

Heather MacLean, Theta Alpha, Ohio State University,Bassoon, Pierre Monteux School, Hancock, ME

Kana Murakoshi, Theta Alpha, Ohio State University, Flute,Academi a Internazionale de Cagliari, Italy

Shannon Postier, Kappa, University of Nebraska, Voice, Franz-Schubert Institute, Lien, Austria

Jillian Risigari-Gai, Gamma Pi, California State University-Long Beach, Harp, Susan Allen’s Summer Harp Course, England

Sarah Stern, Delta Eta, Northern Arizona University, Piano,Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, CO

Leelanee Sterrett, Rho, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison,French Horn, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Krista Wilhelmsen, Nu, Millikin University, Voice, Austrian American Mozart Academy, Salzburg, Austria

Impact Project Grants

Gamma Iota ($1,500)
James Madison University, Iota B Province
28th JMU Contemporary Music Festival

Kappa Nu ($750)
Lindenwood University, Pi B Province
All-Senior Honor Choir

Iota Alpha ($2,000)
Oklahoma State University, Zeta A Province
OSU Wind Day Festival and Outreach Program

Pi ($425)
Drake University, Xi B Province
Musical Adventure in the Old West

Gamma Epsilon ($1,830)
University of Maryland, Iota A Province
Performance Health Lecture and Demonstration Series

Alpha Pi ($1,250)
Fort Hays State University, Theta A Province
String-A-Palooza! A Music Fair for Young Children and Their Families

Zeta Tau ($2,150)
University of Central Florida, Lambda C Province
Entrepreneurial Performer Workshop

Chapter Outreach Grants

GENERAL
Selinsgrove Alumnae/Sigma Omega Chapters - $500 Chi A Province
Circle of Music, Early Childhood Classes

Epsilon Pi Chapter, Truman State University - $500 Pi C Province
Choral Fest

Sigma Phi Chapter, Louisiana State University - $300 Omega A Province
Adopt a Student Scholarship Program

Music Therapy
(None applied for)

STRINGS
Epsilon Pi Chapter - $500 Pi C Province
To assist in providing a weekend of string music activities
to public school string students in an area near Truman College in Kirksville, MO that does not support a local school-sponsored string program.

Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter - $350 Kappa C Province
To assist in underwriting a Cultural Exchange Concert and Master Class activities in May with guest Hungarian violinist, Anna Mersey.

Kappa Omega Chapter - $190 Gamma B Province
To assist in providing funding toward the purchase of music for the development of a chamber music program for string students who would otherwise have no other performance outlet at Elmhurst College.

International Study Grant for Graduate Students ($3,000)

Hajnal Pivnick, Alpha Mu, Carnegie Mellon University, Chi B Province

Sigma Alpha Iota Competition at Chautauqua

Siyuan Li, Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Sigma Alpha Iota’s 2007 Musicians With Special Needs Scholarship

Morissa Freiberg, Sigma Beta Chapter, Ohio University

Music Education Scholarship for Graduate Students sponsored by Oak Park Alumnae Chapter in Memory of Mabel Biever

Maureen Colson, Gamma Delta initiate, State University of New York-Potsdam

SAI Philanthropies, Inc., Professional Development Grant

Chase Arthurs, Bloomington Alumnae