Hickory Tree Chorus Offers $1000 Music Scholarship

February 13, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Dana Dunlevy, Publicity and Marketing, Hickory Tree Chorus,
973-980-8466

Hickory Tree Chorus Offers $1000 Music Scholarship

Hickory Tree Chorus, a champion chapter of Sweet Adelines International, is accepting applications for its 2008, annual $1000 scholarship to a musically talented young woman interested in pursuing a career in music. Qualified high school senior girls with good academic records and exceptional talent in vocal music are encouraged to apply. Students should also have applied for acceptance into a music program at a college or university. Applicants must submit an audio-tape or CD of a short performance demonstrating their particular talent. Tapes may include accompaniment, as needed. Completed applications and audio-tapes or CDs must be received by April 14th, 2008.

High school guidance departments in more than 50 communities have information and applications. Applications may also be obtained by e-mailing info@hickorytreechorus.org, or printing directly from the chorus’s web site at hickorytreechorus.org.

Hickory Tree Chorus rehearses and welcomes guests Wednesdays, 7:30pm at the New Jersey Youth Symphony Music Center, 570 Central Avenue, New Providence, NJ. This year marks its fortieth year as a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of women singers committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance. With almost 27,000 members world-wide, Sweet Adelines International is one of the world’s largest women’s singing organizations.