2023 College Scholarship and Cash Award Winners
1st Place $8,000 Scholarship
Ray Strickland
underwritten by Mary Strauss
2nd Place $6,000 Scholarship
Noah Van Ess
underwritten by John Russell
3rd Place $4,000 Scholarship
Avery Payne
underwritten by Sally Johnson
Audience Choice Award $1,000 Scholarship
Cats Jazz Collective
underwritten by Odile and Fred Tompkins
MVP – Most Valuable Performer Award
Noah Van Ess
underwritten by the Board of the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation
Kranzberg Vocal Performance Award
Noah Van Ess
underwritten by Ken & Nancy Kranzberg
The “I” Award
Saisha Bhutani
underwritten by the Gupta-Trampe family to encourage the winner to continue their artistic journey delivering joy and happiness to others
Keep Art Happening Scholarship
Anna Layher
underwritten by Arts & Education Council of St. Louis
Poppy Award
Drum Warriors Ensemble
underwritten by Terry & Sally Schnuck for the most Imaginative, Inspired, and Inventive act
Voss Family Originality Award
Ray Strickland
underwritten by Tom & Carol Voss for the best original work in composition, writing, arranging or choreography
Berges Classical Performance Award
Ariana Kroeger
underwritten by the Berges family
Barrett Barrera Projects Dance Award
Avery Payne
underwritten by Susan Barrett
Terry Lynford Classical Music Scholarship
Cindy Yan
underwritten by Terry Lynford
Musical Theatre Scholarship Award
Ava Hettenhausen
underwritten by Donald Jones & Pat Vogelsang
St. Louis Recording Club Prize
Ray Strickland
underwritten by the Carl Nappa
Bach Society of Saint Louis
Olivia Knopf
Olivia Knopf (semi-finalist) has been awarded the opportunity to engage in a side-by-side chorus rehearsal, participation in a vocal master class, and/or the opportunity to perform in a Bach Society of Saint Louis Choral Concert
