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2015 SBO Scholarship Essay Contest Winners

How Does Your Music Class Prepare You For Life” was the theme of SBO’s 15th annual scholarship essay contents. Several thousand entries were submitted as students competed for ten, $1,000 scholarships. The awards were given to five students in grades 4 to 8, five students grades 9 to 12, and their respective school music programs received a matching award of music products from co-sponsors NAMM, Alfred Music Publishing, Sabian Ltd., Woodwind & Brasswind, and Yamaha Corporation of America. 

15th Annual Music Students Scholarship Essay Contest Winners

"How Does Your Music Class Prepare You For Life” was the theme of SBO’s 15^th Annual  scholarship essay contents.  Several thousand entries were submitted  as students competed for ten, $1,000 scholarships. The awards were given to five students in grades 4 to 8 and five students  grades 9 to 12 and their respective school music programs received a matching award of music products from co-sponsors NAMM, Alfred Music Publishing, Sabian Ltd., Woodwind & Brasswind and Yamaha Corporation of America.  Since its inception the scholarship program has awarded $300,000 in funds and matching music products to the winners and their schools.  Two students from the Floyd Middle Magnet School in Montgomery Al were among the winners.  Other states represented were Pennsylvania, Georgia, Indiana, California, Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma and Maryland.  The music students received their scholarship awards from local music dealers representing NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants), a major co-sponsor of the program.

The winning school music programs and their music directors include Trey Bird and Angeli’c Harris, Floyd Middle Magnet School, Montgomery, AL, Coleman Woodson, music director; Claire Cao, Tohickon Middle School, Doylestown, PA., Jennifer Repper, music director; Kayla Robinson, Lindley 6^th Grade Academy, Mableton, Ga., music director Kameron Crutcher ; Brianna Quintana, Griffith Middle School, Griffith, IN, music director Debbie Korak.   In the 9 to 12^th grade category winners were Christopher Frost, Westview High School, San Diego, CA., music director Jeri Webb; Dylan Lee Meyer, Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL., music director Charles Staley; Tanner Robertson, Collinsville High School, Collinsville, OK., music director Richard Newhart; Caitlyn Stupi, Westminster High School, Westminster, MD, music director, Jennifer Jones and Jose Veliz, Cypress Bay High School, Weston, FL., music director, Jonathan Jadvani.

Essay Contest 2015

SBO Essay Deadline December 31

SBO’s 2015 Essay Scholarship Contest deadline is fast approaching. Music students in grades four through 12 can enter by answering in 250 words or less this question: How does your music class prepare you for life?

The 2014 Essay Contest Winners

SBO is proud to present the winners of the 2014 SBO Essay Scholarship Contest

Two students each from Illinois and Virginia were among the 10 scholarship winners of this year’s SBO essay contest, with the other six from Colorado, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Texas, and Wisconsin. Five winners from grades 4 to 8 and five students from grades 9 to 12 each received music scholarships of $1,000, with their respective school music programs awarded a matching prize of musical products from cosponsors NAMM, Alfred Music Publishing, the Woodwind & Brasswind, and Yamaha Corporation of America.

Enter SBO’s Essay Scholarship Contest

It's not too late to enter SBO's 2014 Essay Scholarship Contest! For a chance at $10,000 in music scholarships and matching prizes for music classrooms, have your students complete the following sentence in 250 words (or less): "Now More Than Ever, Music Education Is Important Because…"

2013 Essay Contest Winners

Congratulations to the 2013 SBO essay scholarship winning students and their school music programs!

Austin Amestoy

Age 12

7^th Grade

Laurel Middle School

Laurel, MT

If I was the principal of my school, I would incorporate a variety of important music related courses into my school. To begin, I would have piano as a required class. Piano would become a metaphorical gateway to learning other instruments, as it teaches how to read music and how to learn the notes. Music History would be another non-required course. The class would be a very important class for aspiring musicians because it would voice the importance of music to our society, and also explain how music came to be.

Another route to take would be band class. This would be the first class that students could get used to working together as a musical ensemble. It would also make available the use of new instruments, such as saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, flute, and bells. As an expansion of band, I would also include orchestra into my curriculum. It would be an excellent opportunity for students who took band to be introduced to string instruments, and enter into more complicated musical compositions.

Lastly, I would ensure choir was on my list of available musical classes. Choir holds a great chance for students to expand on their vocal abilities and increase their range of notes that they are capable of singing.

If I was the principal, I would make sure that the students of my school were enriched with choices in the field of music.

SBO’s 2013 Essay Scholarship Contest is Now Underway

SBO’s 2013 Essay Scholarship Contest is Now Underway

The 2013 SBO Essay Scholarship Contest Winners

School Band & Orchestra has completed its 13th annual scholarship competition for music students, grades four to 12. Since its inception, the SBO Essay Scholarship Contest has awarded more than $260,000 in scholarship funds and music products to 132 students and their school programs. In 2013, the winning student entries came from nine states: two from Georgia and one each from California, Florida, Minnesota, Montana, Virginia, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Five winners were selected from grades four through eight and five from grades nine to 12, each receiving a $1,000 scholarship, with their respective school music programs receiving a matching award of musical products from co-sponsors NAMM, Alfred Music Publishing, Sabian Ltd., Woodwind & Brasswind, and Yamaha Corporation of America.

This Year’s theme, “If You Were The School Principal, Which Musical Ensembles Would You Include In Your Curriculum and Why?” received several thousand entries from every state and several foreign countries. The music students received their scholarship awards from local music dealers representing National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), a major co-sponsor of the program. Presenting music dealers include Jacobs Music, Melhart Music Center, Eckroth Music, Guitar Center, Atlanta Band Center, Music & Arts, Midwest Musical Imports, Foxes Music, Baker Music, and Bertrand Music.

Congratulations to the 2013 SBO essay scholarship winning students and their school music programs!

2012 Essay Contest Winners

Congratulations to the 2013 SBO essay scholarship winning students and their school music programs!

2011 Essay Contest Winners

Congratulations to the 2011 SBO Magazine Essay Contest winners!