AMCA Music Scholarships Winners 1999

The Associated Male Choruses of America, Inc. (AMCA) was established in 1924 to promote interest in, the performance of, and appreciation of male chorus music.

The AMCA Scholarship Fund is one of the public service functions of the AMCA. It was instituted to assist promising students of music at the college level and is open to all students meeting the requirements.

AMCA Scholarship Winners for the 1999-2000 school year are as follows:

Winner of the THE LESTER AXDAHL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD and recipient of an $800 AMCA Scholarship is

Joshua Radecke, sponsored by The Choristers of Erie Maennerchor

NOTE: This Lester Axdahl Scholarship Award was established in 1998 to honor and recognize the tremendous contributions made to AMCA by Lester Axdahl. Les faithfully and diligently served AMCA as Treasurer for over 30 years and he served as a Trustee of the Scholarship Fund since the fund's inception in 1980.

The following are recipients of $500 AMCA scholarships:

Giles Tomkins, sponsored by The Queensmen of Toronto
Bjorn Arneson, sponsored by Marshall Area Men's Chorus
Will Stensrud, sponsored by Cold Spring Area Maennerchor
Karen Pinkney, sponsored by Mansfield Men's Chorus
Katie Butler, sponsored by Minneapolis Knights of Columbus Male Chorus

On behalf of all members of AMCA I extend congratulations to all six scholarship winners. In total we received 16 applications this year and we thank all applicants for their interest in our Scholarship Program.

Tom Rayner, AMCA Scholarship Chair.

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