Sigma Alpha Iota

sai-national.org • FALL 2015 • PAN PIPES 49 2015 Philanthropies Awards UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 2015 Phyllis Dobbyn Holt memorial Scholarship Recipients in red NAME CHAPTER SCHOOL PROVINCE REGION Dena Baity Delta Tau Augustana College Gamma B V Corrina Barne Zeta Upsilon Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Sigma C VII Jessie Bierman Lambda Delta Vandercook College of Music Gamma A V Elizabeth Boyce Mu Alpha Grand Valley State University Alpha B V Candace Clayburn Mu Theta Texas A & M University-Commerce Kappa B II Kelsey Cummings Eta Psi Northern Kentucky University Sigma A VII Allison DeFrancesco Sigma Delta University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign Upsilon B V Katelyn Johnson Eta Theta Western Carolina University Tau B VI Andria Kwasnicki Delta Delta Montclair State University Phi A VIII Danielle Marshall Theta Lambda Furman University Tau E VI Beth Mirahver Eta Mu University of Har ord Phi B VIII Renae Perry Iota Alpha Oklahoma State University Zeta A II Abigail Simpson Epsilon Lambda Belmont University Psi B VII Daniella Camilleri SongFest Studio Artist Program at the Colburn School, Los Angeles, designed to equip young, aspiring singers with learning opportunities in every aspect of their cra. Margaret Huskin University of Wisconsin Music In Italy, a program to develop both the per- former and the composer, exploring new music techniques and styles, and, while in Florence, participating in the new music festival, Maggio Musicale. Paige Meisenheimer Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps, working with highly trained professional music educators and visual staff to create a powerful musical and emotional influence through performance. Jacquelyn Pileckas Opera Festival di Roma through the University of Florida, singing a main- stage role in the country where opera began, working in the world of profes- sional opera and honing the skills it takes to succeed in a singing career. Haley Rudolph Bard College Conservatory Conductors Institute, providing the opportunity to study with world-class teachers of conducting, experiencing podium time, developing poise in positions of leadership, and challenging the conductor's knowledge of music to expand and grow. Summer Music Scholarship Winners 2015 Music Education Outreach Grant 2015 Sandee Wallace Tampa Alumnae, Lambda D, Region VI Nina Harris Exceptional Center in Pinellas Park, FL A member of the Tampa Alumnae Chapter, Sandee will use the $5000 award to purchase the "Soundbeam System" for her students and their project called "Creating Music rough Movement." e Soundbeam is a touch-free device that uses sensors to convert movements to music. e Nina Harris Exceptional Center is a school for students with intellectual disabilities, such as Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and autism. Sandee's students will be able to create music in a new and unrestrictive form, participate in a sound ensemble, and be able to communicate their feelings and energy through music. Katy Buis Raleigh/Durham Alumnae, Tau D, Region VI Cape Fear Middle School in Rocky Point, NC Katy is an active member of the Raleigh/Durham Alumnae Chapter and will be using the grant money to purchase low brass instruments — a tuba and a euphonium —for her school's band program. Due to the economic situation of many of her students and a previous lack of low brass instruments, there have not been many students who could study these instruments at Cape Fear Middle School. e purchase of new instruments will allow students to learn and practice more consistently, and the entire program will benefit. Stephannie Pinto Theta Nu initiate, Florida A & M University, Lambda B, Region VI Decker Middle School in Austin, TX An initiate of eta Nu Chapter, Stephannie will be using the $5000 grant to purchase thirty digital keyboards and a subscription to the Sight- Reading Factory online for her students to participate in "Freestyle Friday" activities. Students will be able to record and create their own compositions, as well as learn the fundamentals of music theory, sight-reading, and improvisation. e project will culminate in a CD produced and released by the students. Honoring the longtime focus Sigma Alpha Iota has given to music education, the Music Education Outreach Grant offers assistance to music programs in public schools, at any grade level, K-12. is grant may be applied for once every three years, and the total project cost may not exceed $5,000 to complete. To be eligible for this grant, an applicant must be an initiated member of SAI or be sponsored by an initiated member of SAI, the applying/sponsor- ing SAI must be in good financial standing with the fraternity, as well as be current with national fees.

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