Hey, harmonica teachers out there - do you have students 21 or under who might apply for a SPAH youth scholarship?
Whether you teach or not, do you know an outstanding young (21 or under) harmonica player who would benefit from attending a SPAH convention? If so, encourage them to apply!
Every year, SPAH awards up to five youth scholarships that provide registration and accommodation at the annual SPAH convention.
Each scholarship recipient gets to attend all seminars and performances, visit with vendors and sponsors, learn from seeing, hearing, and interacting with all the varied and wonderful players and colorful harmonica personalities that attend a SPAH convention, and participate in jams. Each scholarship recipient will also perform onstage during the Friday Night concert. In addition they’ll be required to help out for a brief period, doing things like selling raffle tickets
We’re encouraging young harmonica players to apply. For more information, check out the SPAH scholarship page
To make further inquiries, please send an email to scholarship@spah.org. =========== Winslow
SPAH Scholarships are awarded across all styles, but here's my 12-year-old student and 2015 scholarship recipient Jack Pawlakos playing Little Walter's "Sad Hours," accompanied by Dan Ruppa and Eric Noden:
Jarred will be assisting at the Harmonica Collective in April; he's also a former student there.
Here's another 2015 SPAH Scholarship recipient, seven-year-old Kiersi Joli, playing St. James Infirmary, first in 5th position, then in, and then in 4th, then 3rd, then back to 5th, all on a C harp.
