2025 Scholarship Recipients
2025 Scholarship Recipients
This year, we were pleased to award 40 scholarships to deserving students. Ages of the recipients ranged from 10 to 20 years. Many were featured in our Scholarship Showcase Concerts at First United Methodist Church on May 31 and June 7, 2025.
BETTY OBERACKER MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Chloe Silva, age 11, piano
ELLEN REIDEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Elisha Wu, age 13, piano
NATHAN RUNDLETT MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Amelia Checketts, age 15, soprano
EMIL TORICK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Skylar Abello, age 10, violin
- Liam Lertchareonyong, age 13, violin
HERB & BERNADINE ALDWINKLE SCHOLARSHIP
- Aria Bonski Evans, age 16, soprano
- Emmanuel Malpica, age 16, violin
SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
- Tristan Abello, age 10, cello
- Anna Butler, age 18, piano
- Julian Carrera, age 13, trombone
- Maria Cook, age 16, piano
- Blair Guo, age 10, piano
- Nathaniel Hadsall, age 18, piano
- Ellie Haitsuka, age 14, piano
- Elaine Hu, age 16, piano
- Seungyoo Kim-Jung, age 13, violin
- Damian Magaña, age 15, flute
- Janette Prykhitko, age 17, soprano
- Simon Rencher, age 17, viola
- Nikki Seppala Kurnik, age 15, soprano
- Henry Woodruff, age 17, Viola
- Max Zee, age 14, piano
- Annabelle Zhang, age 11, piano
- Bryant Zhang, age 12, piano
- Jake Betancourt, age 17, baritone (voice)
- Ellen Butler, age 17, piano
- Kelly Chen, age 11, piano
- Allison Feinberg, age 16, violin
- Leon Guo, age 16, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, age 16, piano
- Jeffrey Hough Pattison, age 17, violin
- Matvey Ioffe, age 16, piano
- Miranda Li, age 14, piano
- Joseph Malvinni, age 17, guitar
- Milo Rencher, age 17, violin
- Oliver Saleh, age 17, trumpet
- Aidan Woodruff, age 20, cello
- Miles Yan, age 12, piano
- Angela Zhang, age 13, piano
- Ava Zhang, age 14, piano
2024 Scholarship Recipients
2024 Scholarship Recipients
This year, we were pleased to award 46 scholarships to very deserving students. Ages of the recipients ranged from 9 to 23 years. Many were featured in our Scholarship Showcase Concerts at First United Methodist Church on June 1 and 8, 2024.
ELLEN REIDEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Ellen Butler, age 16, piano
NATHAN RUNDLETT MEMORIAL VOCAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Aria Bonski Evans, age 15, soprano
- Janette Prykhitko, age 16, soprano
EMIL TORICK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
- Skylar Abello, age 9, violin
- Joseph Malvinni, age 16, guitar
- Henry Woodruff, age 16, viola
HERB & BERNADINE ALDWINKLE SCHOLARSHIP
- Emmanuel Malpica, age 15, violin
- Chloe Silva, age 10, piano
LOCAL 308, AMERICAN FEDERATION of MUSICIANS SCHOLARSHIP
- Nathaniel Hadsall, age 17, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, age 15, piano
- Seungyoo Kim-Jung, age 12, violin
SANTA BARBARA MUSIC CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
- Aria Abraham, age 17, flute
- Cainan Birchim, age 16, piano
- Anna Butler, age 17, piano
- Zahra Clark, age 17, violin
- Nathaniel Girano, age 15, violin
- Leon Guo, age 15, piano
- Elaine Hu, age 15, piano
- Finnegan Israel, age 18, piano
- Jiyoo Kim-Jung, age 15, piano
- Celia Louis, age 16, flute
- Chloe Merrick, age 18, flute
- Janelle Pryko, age 16, mezzo
- Diana Uzun, age 16, soprano
- Elisha Wu, age 12, piano
- Jonathan Yang, age 16, cello
- Max Zee, age 13, piano
- Annabelle Zhang, age 10, piano
- Bryant Zhang, age 12, piano
- Sophia Bakaev, age 23, soprano
- Magdalen Bond, age 11, violin
- Kelly Chen, age 10, piano
- Tarek Elkurjie, age 17, piano
- Blair Guo, age 9, piano
- Jeffrey Hough Pattison, age 16, violin
- Andrii Iliuk, age 14, violin
- Elizabeth Jayich, age 11, piano
- Liam Lertchareonyong, age 12, violin
- Damian Magaña, age 14, flute
- Evan Perez, age 17, cello
- Oliver Saleh, age 16, trumpet
- Aidan Woodruff, age 19, cello
- Miles Yan, age 11, piano
- Sophie Yang, age 11, violin
- Angela Zhang, age 12, piano
- Ava Zhang, age 13, piano
2023 Scholarship Recipients
2023 Scholarship Recipients
This year, we were pleased to award 39 scholarships to very deserving students. Ages of the recipients ranged from 9-19 years. Many were featured in our Scholarship Showcase Concerts at First United Methodist Church on June 3 and 10, 2023.
Ellen Reidel Memorial Scholarship
- Ellen Butler, age 15, piano
Nathan Rundlett Memorial Vocal Scholarship
- Aria Bonski Evans, age 14, soprano
Emil Torick Memorial Scholarship
- Zahra Clark, age 16, violin
- Sofia Malvinni, age 18, violin
- Aidan Woodruff, age 18, cello
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Aria Abraham, 16, flute
- Bryan Chen, 14, piano
- Victoria Chen, 15, piano
- Leila Elkurjie, 19, cello
- Leon Guo, 14, piano
- Nathaniel Hadsall, 16, piano
- Landon Hellman, 18, piano
- Matvey Ioffe, 14, piano
- Jiyoo Kim-Jung, 14, piano
- Gwyneth Kinports, 12, violin
- Miranda Li, 12, piano
- Kiela Luke, 16, flute
- Joseph Malvinni, 15, guitar
- Mia Richmond, 14, cello
- Sophie Saleh, 17, violin
- Jonathan Yang, 15, cello
- Angela Zhang, 11, piano
- Anna Butler, 16, piano
- Kelly Chen, 9, piano
- Hudson Chossek, 11, violin
- Tarek Elkurjie, 16, piano
- Holly Hadsall, 18, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, 14, piano
- Elaine Hu, 14, piano
- Adam Kabaretti, 12, violin
- Seungyoo Kim-Jung, 11, violin
- Liam Lertchareonyong, 11, violin
- Dylan Liu, 12, piano
- Emmanuel Malpica, 14, violin
- Evan Perez, 17, cello
- Oliver Saleh, 15, trumpet
- Elisha Wu, 11, piano
- Max Zee, 12, piano
- Annabelle Zhang, 9, piano
2022 Scholarship Recipients
We are pleased to announce that the 2022 Scholarship Auditions took place in person this year. We are also pleased to announce that our popular Scholarship Showcase concerts will be returning this June to the First United Methodist Church.
2022 Scholarship Recipients
Ellen Reidel Memorial Scholarship
- Noelle Hadsall, age 13, piano
Nathan Rundlett Memorial Vocal Scholarship
- Cambria Metzinger, age 25, mezzo-soprano
- Liana Rodriguez, age 22, soprano
Emil Torick Memorial Scholarship
- Zephan Bornfreund, age 18, violin
- Adam Kabaretti, age 11, violin
- Seungyoo Kim-Jung, age 10, violin
- Emmanuel Malpica, age 13, violin
- Sofia Malvinni, age 17, violin
- Milo Rencher, age 14, violin
- Sophie Saleh, age 16, violin
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Aria Abraham, 15, flute
- Ellen Butler, 14, piano
- Zahra Clark, 15, violin
- Holly Hadsall, 17, piano
- Landon Hellman, 17, piano
- Fallyn Lee, 16, piano
- Miranda Li, 11, piano
- Ella McGowan, 12, viola
- Anna-Sung Park, 17, oboe
- Oliver Saleh, 15, trumpet
- Zeyn Schweyk, 17, piano
- Elisha Wu, 10, piano
- Anna Butler, 15, piano
- Victoria Chen, 15, piano
- Leon Guo, 13, piano
- Nathaniel Hadsall, 15, piano
- Elaine Hu, 13, piano
- Lauren Lee, 15, piano
- Joseph Malvinni, 14, guitar
- Chloe Merrick, 16, flute
- Simon Rencher, 14, viola
- Rhyan Schweyk, 16, piano
- Eliana Stephens, 11, cello
2021 Scholarship Recipients
2021 Scholarship Recipients
Ellen Reidel Memorial Scholarship
- Vincent Lertchareonyong, age 18, piano
Nathan Rundlett Memorial Vocal Scholarship
- Cambria Metzinger, age 24, mezzo-soprano
- Carly Nicole, age 26, soprano
Emil Torick Memorial Scholarship
- Zephan Bornfreund, age 17, violin
- Charlotte Choi, age 14, cello
- Joseph Malvinni, age 13, guitar
- Sofia Malvinni, age 16, violin
- Aiden Woodruff, age 16, cello
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Sophia Bakaev, age 20, soprano
- Zea Boyle, age 15, flute
- Ellen Butler, age 13, piano
- Holly Hadsall, age 17, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, age 12, piano
- Elaine Hu, age 12, piano
- Matvey Joffe, age 12, piano
- Seungyoo Kim-Jung, age 9, violin
- Lauren Lee, 14, piano
- Mika Mullkin, age 14, piano
- Rhyan Schweyk, age 15, piano
- Henry Woodruff, age 13, piano
- Katherine Ball, age 16, mezzo
- Anna Butler, age 14, piano
- Leon Guo, age 13, piano
- Nathaniel Hadsall, age 14, piano
- Landon Hellman, age 16, piano
- Grace Hu, age 15, piano
- Jiyoo Kim-Jung, age 12, piano
- Jacob Kim-Sherman, age 19, piano
- Celia Louis, age 13, flute
- Sophie Saleh, age 15, violin
- Zeyn Schweyk, age 16, piano
2020 Scholarship Recipients
The next challenge was to bring the talent of our scholarship winners to the public. As you also know, our popular Scholarship Concerts needed to be canceled as well. The Scholarship Committee and Board of Directors created a plan to post these videos on our website. We have obtained permission to post videos from the families of several of the students, as you will see below. Enjoy!
2020 Scholarship Awardees
Nathan Rundlett Memorial Vocal Scholarship
- Neve Greenwald, age 16, mezzo soprano
- Kellen Romano, age 22, baritone
Emil Torick Memorial Scholarship
- Zephan Bornfreund, age 16, violin
- Andrew Choi, age 16, violin
- Lauren Lertchareonyong, age 16, violin
- Sofia Malvinni, age 15, violin
- Zoe Perez, age 16, violin
- Sophie Saleh, age 14, violin
- Barbara Uzun, age 16, violin
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Aria Abraham, age 13, flute
- Mikayla Bohn, age 13, trombone
- Charlotte Choi, age 13, cello
- Haley Ellis, age 15, soprano
- Holly Hadsall, age 14, piano
- Nathaniel Hadsall, age 13, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, age 11, piano
- Landon Hellman, age 15, piano
- Elaine Hu, age 11, piano
- Grace Hu, age 13, piano
- Jiyoo Kim-Jung, age 11, piano
- Lauren Lee, age 12, piano
- Vincent Lertchareonyong, age 17, piano
- Joseph Malvinni, age 12, guitar
- Evelina McGary, age 19, piano
- Nick Parker, age 16, flute
- Ilana Shapiro, age 20, flute
- Rhyan Shweyk, age 14, piano
- Zeyn Shweyk, age 15, piano
- Aidan Woodruff, age 14, cello
Audition Videos
Sophie Saleh, violin, age 14
Teacher: Valerie Malvinni
Zoe Perez, violin, age 16
Teacher: Nicole McKenzie
Evelina McGary, piano, age 19
Teacher: Dave Campos
Lauren Lertchareonyong, violin, age 15
Teacher: Dr. Han Soo Kim
Lauren Lee, piano, age 12
Teacher: Vera Kong
Jiyoo Kim-Jung, piano, age 11
Teacher: Natasha Kislenko
Grace Hu, piano, age 13
Teacher: Vera Kong
Elaine Hu, piano, age 11
Teacher: Lana Bodnar
Landon Hellman, piano, age 15
Teacher: Vera Kong
Haley Ellis, soprano, age 15
Teacher: Sharlae Jenkins
Accompanist: Sharlae Jenkins
2019 Scholarship Recipients
2019 Scholarship Winners
William Ramsay Memorial Scholarship
- Rhyan Shweyk, age 13, piano
Ellen Reidel Memorial Scholarship
- Holly Hadsall, age 14, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, age 10, piano
Nathan Rundlett Memorial Vocal Scholarship
- Hannah Sugano, age 17, soprano
Emil Torick Memorial Scholarship
- Andrew Choi, age 15, violin
- Jacob Kim Sherman, age 17, piano
- Joseph Malvinni, age 11, guitar
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Cindy Barthel-Morgenstern, age 15, mezzo
- Zephan Bornfreund, age 15, violin
- Emma Brown, age 15, flute
- Christopher Carmona, age 16, baritone
- Nazani Cassidy, age 16 cello
- Charlotte Choi, age 12, cello
- Theo Claus-Wheeler, age 20, guitar
- Kate Dalforno, age 17, violin
- Angdrew Gange, age 17, tenor
- Nathanial Hadsall, age 12, piano
- Audrey Harmand, age 14, piano
- Isabelle Kim-Sherman, 14, violin
- Vincent Lertchareonyong, age 16, piano
- Caroline-Ann Luce, 16, piano
- Sofia Malvinni, age 14, violin
- Evelina McGary, age 18, piano
- Nicola Parker, age 15, flute
- Mariana Rodriguez, age 15, cello
- Ilana Shapiro, age 19, flute
- Zeyn Shweyk, age 14, piano
- Barbara Uzun, age 15, violin
- Princess Walker, age 16, soprano
- Aidan Woodruff, age 14, cello
- Henry Woodruff, age 11, piano
- Junia Work, age 19, violin
2018 Scholarship Recipients
Nathan Rundlett Memorial Vocal Scholarship
- Neve Greenwald, age 14, mezzo-soprano
- Nicole Trujillo, age 18, soprano
William Ramsay Memorial Scholarship
- Adam Gilman, age 17, bass
- Sofia Malvinni, age 13, violin
Ellen Reidel Memorial Scholarship
- Isabelle Kim-Sherman, age 13, violin
- Yulia Kovalchuk, age 13, piano
- Joseph Malvinni, age 10, guitar
Emil Torick Memorial Scholarship
- Zephan Bornfreund, age 14, violin
- Emma Brown, age 14, flute
- Charlotte Choi, age 11, cello
- Nathan Hadsall, age 11, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, age 9, piano
- Vincent Lertchareonyong, age 15, piano
- Sofia Prykhitko, age 21, violin
- Rhyan Shweyk, age 12, piano
- Barbara Uzun, age 14, violin
- Charles Xie, age 16, piano
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Holly Hadsall, age 13, piano
- Audrey Harmand, age 13, piano
- Grace Hu, age 12, piano
- Jacob Kim-Sherman, age 16, piano
- Caroline-Ann Luce, age 16, piano
- Ilana Shapiro, age 18, flute
- Zeyn Shweyk, age 13, piano
- Eliana Van Renterghem, age 20, flute
- Elizabeth Van Renterghem, age 20, flute
2017 Scholarship Recipients
Emil Torick Memorial Scholarship
- Talia Honikman, violin
- Jocelyn Kelly, violin
- Sofia Malvinni, violin
- Barbara Uzun, violin
- Sofiya Prykhitko, violin
- Rebecca Shasberger, cello
Nathan Rundlett Memorial Vocal Scholarship
- Kenneth Galindo, tenor
- Daniel Prykhitko, baritone
Ellen Reidel Memorial Scholarship
- Holly Hadsall, piano
- Nathan Hadsall, piano
- Noelle Hadsall, piano
- Yulia Kovalchuk, piano
- Rhyan Scweyk, piano
- Zeyn Shweyk, piano
- Jacob Kim-Sherman, piano
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Zephan Bornfreund, violin
- David Childs, baritone
- Daryanna Lancet, violin
- Vincent Lertchareonyong, piano
- Joey Malvinni, guitar
- Anna Mooy, soprano
- Thomas Mooy, trombone
- Raghu Pakalapati, flute
- Nicola Parker, flute
- Liam Paul, baritone
- Connor Rowe, trombone
- Claire Satchwell, viola
- Michael Sikich, piano
- Nicole Trujillo, soprano
- Eliana Van Renterghem, flute
- Elizabeth Van Renterghem, flute
2016 Scholarship Recipients
Audrey Sharpe Vocal Scholarship
- David Childs, baritone
- Natalie Kellogg, mezzo-soprano
- Sofia Ross, soprano
Nathan Rundlett Vocal Scholarship
- Joanna Lynn-Jacobs, mezzo-soprano
- Olivia O’Brien, soprano
- Chelsea Chaves, soprano
Ellen Reidel Scholarship
- Noelle Hadsall, piano
- Holly Hadsall, piano
- Vincent Lertchareonyong, piano
- Michael Sikich, piano
Gertrude Richman/Connie Clark Scholarship
- Charlotte Choi, cello
- Brianna Gilman, cello
- Aidan Woodruff, cello/piano
- Henry Woodruff, cello/piano
- Zephan Bornfreund, violin
Emil Torick Scholarship
- Daryanna Lancet, violin
- Sofia Malvini, violin
- Camille Miller, violin
- Francis Pan, violin
- Sofiya Prykhitko, violin
- Barbara Uzun, violin
- Rebecca Shasberger, cello
- Holly Radford, violin
Santa Barbara Music Club Scholarship
- Ilana Shapiro, flute
- Connor Rowe, trombone
- Juliet Ho, flute
- Marissa Condie, flute
- Joey Malvini, guitar
- Jessica Kozachuk, flute