In the 52nd year of the Clement L. Yaeger Music Scholarship, the Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce three awards to help talented music students further their education in music performance, music education or music therapy at the undergraduate or graduate college level at an accredited institution. We respect and admire the dedication of our Chairperson, Janet Ratcliffe, who served on the first Committee in 1963 and continues to share her wisdom with both Committee members and generations of aspiring young musicians.
Michael Bliss from Mattapoisett was one of this year’s scholarship winners. Bliss, a graduate of Old Rochester Regional High School entering his third year at the New York University Steinhardt School, is continuing to pursue a degree in music performance, to be followed by graduate studies in music education. Recent performances this year have been with the NYU Jazz Orchestra at Lincoln Center and at The Blue Note in Greenwich Village. This is his third award from the Yaeger Music Scholarship Fund.