Jazz Scholarship Program

Every year.  the society awards  scholarships to help  graduating  Brevard County seniors who plan
 to go to college and study music with an emphasis on jazz.

 Click here for application form.

The 2008 SCJS Scholarship Winners

Bassist Michael Humphreys, trumpeter Peter Smith, saxophonist Richard Garcia and trombonist Dillon Smith. Not shown in photo is  clarinetist Caleb Leon.

$1,500 Helen Inglis Scholarships went to Garcia of Palm Bay High School and Smith of Eau Gallie High School.

$1,000 Bert Francis Scholarships went to Swift, Humphreys and Leon--all three from Satellite High School.

 

 

The 2007 SCJS Scholarship Winners

2007 WINNERS are, from left, Zack Anspach of Eau Gallie High, Sidonie Wade of Eau Gallie High,
Joe Goldberg of Melbourne High and Melissa Hughes of Satellite High. Goldberg and Anspach were
awarded $1,750 each and Wade and and Hughes were awarded $1,500 each. More than half of  the
scholarship money came from the Rich Hall Emerging Musicians Fund in memory of the late saxophonist.
Among the presenters was Hall's widow, Sandy, who helped organize the fund.

 

2006 WINNERS. The  winners of $1,000  scholarships  are saxophonist Andrew Littlefield of Eau Gallie High School, drummer Luke McConnell of Astronaut High School and vocalist Elizabeth Nelson of Satellite High School. Honorable mentions went to two trumpet players: Stephen Denison of Satellite High School, shown at left,  and  Jacob Pickett of Rockledge High School, not shown..

 

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2005 WINNERS are, from left, Ian Clark of Satellite High, Justin Clermont
 of Eau Gallie High and Andrew Douglas of Satellite High.

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2004 WINNERS  are,  from left, Casey Dodd, Daniella Geniti and Sam Szpendyk, all of Satellite High School,  and Ryan Vasile of Eau Gallie High.

 2003 WINNERS. From left, Cody Phillips, a graduate of Satellite Beach High School who will attend the University of North Florida ; Michael Boniface, a Satellite High School graduate who will  go to the University of  Florida; Matt Mill, a Melbourne High School graduate who will go to the University of South Florida, and Nathan Anderson, a Palm Bay High School graduate who will go to the University of Central Florida.

2002 WINNERS. Steve Patterson of Eau Gallie High School, left, and Jeff McLaughlin of Rockledge High.

.2000 WINNERS Ian Chester of Cocoa Beach High and Paul Robinson
 of Satellite Beach High. 
 

  1998 WINNER Nicholas Minaud of Satellite Beach High. 

1999 WINNER  Christian Tamburr of Satellite High School is congratulated by then Scholarship Chairman Jack Simpson.