PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Music School announced the 2024-2025 Talent and Merit Scholarship recipients. Students who are accepted into the Talent & Merit Scholarship Program benefit from up to 100 percent tuition assistance. 

 

This year, BMS awarded almost $17,000 in Talent and Merit Scholarships, and continues to take Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarship applications on a rolling basis. The BMS Scholarship Program, which includes the Talent & Merit Scholarships and the rolling Need-Based Financial Aid Scholarships, remains integral to its mission of allowing students to learn and grow in the Berkshire County region without financial constraints.

 

The 2024 – 2025 Talent & Merit Scholarship Recipients: 

 

Tracy R. Wilson Scholarship – Alyviana Manion, piano 

 

Helen and Milton Fink Memorial Scholarship - Artois Sancho, piano 

 

Gia Cox Caird Scholarship - Zoe-Ruth Brizen, piano 

 

England/Scott Family Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation - Nina Rather, violin 

 

Sara Alberti-Jencks Scholarship - James Ryan & Sai Meesala, voice 

 

Paul Houston Memorial Scholarship - Shira Weiner, guitar 

 

Daniel Pearl Scholarship - Destiny Tetlow, flute 

 

The Chopin Scholarship - Madeline Davis, piano 

 

The Paderweski Scholarship - Anderson Durfee, piano 

 

 

Honorable Mentions: 

 

Rose Garrison, cello 

 

Bernardo Martinez, saxophone 

 

Sagun Meesala, flute 

 

Calliope Bednarski, piano 

 

Clementine Delsignore, electric bass  

 

Matias Chimarro, charango