For several decades, the Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarships have provided support to deserving instrumental and vocal music students from Santa Barbara County. The scholarships are made possible by the generosity of our donors who wish to provide aid and encouragement to outstanding music students from local schools and teaching studios that show promise of becoming our future soloists, orchestral musicians, opera singers, and other music professionals. Success stories from past scholarship winners testify to the importance of this support and vote of confidence in these formative stages of their careers.
You can view past scholarship recipients here.
2026 Scholarship Recipients
This year, we were pleased to award 45 scholarships to deserving students. Ages of the recipients ranged from 9 to 21 years. Many were featured in our Scholarship Showcase Concerts at First United Methodist Church on May 30 and June 6, 2026.
ELLEN REIDEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Ellen Butler, age 18, piano
NATHAN RUNDLETT MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Isael Negrete, age 21, countertenor
EMIL TORICK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Henry Woodruff, age 18, viola
HERB & BERNADINE ALDWINKLE SCHOLARSHIP
- Joey Malvinni, age 18, guitar
SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
- Skylar Abello, age 12, violin
- Christine Bebko, age 14, violin
- Josef Bond, age 11, guitar
- Aria Bonski Evans, age 17, soprano
- Amelia Checketts, age 17, soprano
- Allison Feinberg, age 17, violin
- Leon Guo, age 18, piano
- Ellie Haitsuka, age 13, piano
- Luke Hassan, age 9, piano
- Elaine Hu, age 17, piano
- Vivienne Kao, age 13, piano
- Nam-Anh (Mia) Lê, age 16, violin
- Damian Magaña, age 16, flute
- Leo McFadden, age 15, flute
- Asa Shi, age 9, piano
- Barbara Tran, age 10, piano
- Sherab Wangmo, age 10, piano
- Aidan Woodruff, age 21, cello
- Max Zee, age 15, piano
- Annabelle Zhang, age 12, piano
- Bryant Zhang, age 13, piano
- Tristan Abello, age 12, cello
- Jake Betancourt, age 18, baritone
- Magdalen Bond, age 13, violin
- Julian Carrera, age 14, trombone
- Kelly Chen, age 12, piano
- Blair Guo, age 11, piano
- Noelle Hadsal, age 17, piano
- Leila Haitsuka, age 15, piano
- Sophia Hassan, age 12, piano
- Matvey Ioffe, age 17, piano
- Seungyoo Kim-Jung, age 14, violin
- Lertchareonyong, Liam, age 14, violin
- Emmanuel Malpica, age 17, violin
- Nikki Seppala Kurnik, age 16, soprano
- Chloe Silva, age 12, piano
- Barbara Uzun, age 22, violin
- Yeshey Wangmo, age 11, piano
- Elisha Wu, age 15, piano
- Angela Zhang, age 14, piano
- Ava Zhang, age 15, piano