Scholarships
The SJCDA Founders' Memorial Scholarship
The South Jersey Choral Directors Association annually awards this scholarship, given in memory of its founders, to a graduating Senior member of the Senior High School Chorus who is planning to incorporate music as part of their studies in college. Scholarship winners are selected through a separate application, audition, and interview process.
Previous winners of this scholarship are listed below.
1967 William E. Davis III, Pennsville
1968 Douglas Lutz, Woodbury
1969 Karen Gates, Bridgeton
1970 David Hibbard, Haddon Township
1971 Aaron Gooding, Pleasantville
1972 Norman W. Brown, Haddonfield
1973 Carol L. Fulton, Pitman
1974 Arthur P. Leiby, Triton Regional
1975 Peggy Sprout, Highland Regional
1976 Claudia J. Hedden, Collingswood
1977 Charles Stack, Collingswood
1978 Alvin E. Maddison, Haddon Township
1979 Mark Pino, Overbrook Regional
1980 David Bryant, Collingswood
1981 Giselle Augrey, Brick Township
1982 Celeste Wagner, Paulsboro
1983 Patricia DeMarco, Cumberland Regional
1984 Daniell Mack, Haddonfield
1985 John Wuertz, Pitman
1986 Cathy J. Lee, Eastern Regional
1987 Laura Tideman, Lenape Regional
1988 Kelly Galloway, Rancocas Valley
1989 Aaron Krasting, Gateway Regional
1990 Melanie McCarthy, Cumberland Regional
1991 Danny Thaler, Pinelands Regional
1992 Kara Jones, Rancocas Valley
1993 Rachael Clayton, Oakcrest
1994 Alan Ostroff, Cinnaminson
1995 Kimberly Peschi, Egg Harbor Township
1996 Jamie Maloney, Pennsauken
1997 Lisa Straub, Gateway Regional
1998 Erica Anne Miller, Rancocas Valley
1999 Caroline Kearney, Gateway Regional
2000 Collin Maier, Bridgeton
2001 Jennifer Layton, Woodstown
2002 Sarah Cossaboon, Bridgeton
2003 Michele Strucke, Rancocas Valley
2004 Sara Grossman, Northern Burlington Regional
2005 Mallory Ann Chase, Pennsville Memorial
2006 Wesley Simmons, Delsea Regional
2007 Erin M. Schaffner, Haddon Township
2008 Ron Bodanza, Overbrook
2009 Kaitlin Shaginaw, Hammonton
2010 Teresa Bonilla, Absegami
2011 Jasmine Riel, Cherry Hill West
2012 Tommy Betz, Haddon Heights
2013 Tyler Cesario, Winslow Township
2014 Leo Weismantel, Northern Burlington Reg.
2015 Kristen Dilworth, Overbrook
2016 Laura Frye, Woodstown
2017 Wes Hopkins, Cinnaminson
2018 Ashwin Mahadevan, Cherokee
2019
2020
2021 Eleanor Dishong, Moorestown
2022 Benjamin Silvesti
2023 Amalia Messick, Collingswood
2024 Marisa Landi
Richard M. Smith Scholarship for Music Education
This scholarship given in memory of Richard M. Smith, SJCDA Board Member for over fifty years, who dedicated his life's work to music education. This scholarship is granted to a graduating Senior member of the Senior High School Chorus who is planning to major in Music Education in college. Scholarship winners are selected through a separate application, audition, and interview process.
Previous winners of this scholarship are listed below.
2017 Jenna Camacho, Cherry Hill East
2018 Michael Krasting, West Deptford
2019
2020
2021 Isabella Previti, ACIT
2022 Brianna Petrella
2023 Paulina Baron, Lenape
2024 Madison Weil