| Ten Boston-Area Inner-City Youths Receive Full Scholarships
August 9, 2006
Ten young musicians from urban Boston neighborhoods accepted full scholarships to attend Berklee starting this fall at an emotional presentation at the Berklee Performance Center on August 8. Berklee president Roger Brown and assistant vice president for community and governmental affairs J. Curtis Warner, Jr., along with Boston Public Schools senior program director for the Arts Kathy Tosolini, handed out Berklee City Music Continuing Scholarships to 10 students who have been participants in Berklee City Music—a scholarship, tutorial, and mentoring program that gives urban teens from Greater Boston access to music education at no cost to them or their families. If all 10 students complete four years of study at the college, the collective amount of the scholarships awarded will be more than one million dollars.
The scholarships were awarded during the annual Berklee City Music Blowout Concert where City Music students performed a showcase of gospel, r&b, and jazz music. The 10 recipients were among 50 young musicians between the ages of 15 and 19 who were enrolled in Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program on Summer Youth Scholarships for Talent and Excellence in Music (SYSTEM 5), another scholarship component of Berklee City Music.
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From left: Boston Public Schools senior program director for the Arts Kathy Tosolini, Anthony Nembhard, Dominic French, Sheldon Thwaites, Shakyma Horacius, Kaovanny Holguin, Latoria Boyd, Justin Claiborne, India Velez, Anant Pradhan, Jeannette Perez, Berklee president Roger Brown.
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Recipients of the 2006 Berklee City Music Continuing Scholarships:
- Shakyma Horacius, 18, vocalist, Cambridge
- Sheldon Thwaites, 18, drummer, Dorchester
- Anthony Nembhard, 18, bassist, Dorchester
- Justin Claiborne, vocalist, Dorchester
- Latoria Boyd, 18, vocalist, Hyde Park
- Dominic French, 19, trombonist, Mattapan
- Anant Pradhan, 18, tenor saxophonist, Jamaica Plain
- Kaovanny Holguin, 18, vocalist, Lawrence
- Jeannette Perez, 18, trumpet player, Roslindale
- India Velez, 18, vocalist, Roslindale
Under the direction of Warner, Berklee City Music has provided music education to more than 900 underserved teens from Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, Chelsea, Lynn, and other local urban areas since its inception in 1991.
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