Handel and Haydn Society Announces 2020 Youth Choruses Scholarship Awards

By Francisco Salazar

The Handel and Haydn Society has announced the recipients of the 2020 Youth Choruses Scholarship Awards.

The awards, which are presented annually by the H+H Education Committee, were presented to four musicians who are members or alumni of the Youth Choruses. Scholarships range between $1,000 and $3,000.

The two recipients of the Barbara E. Maze Award for Musical Excellence are Kerrigan Bigelow, who is currently studying voice at The Juilliard School and Seyquan Mack, who is studying voice at Oberlin Conservatory.

Bigelow graduated from the Handel and Haydn Youth Choruses program in 2019, while Mack graduated in 2016.

Meanwhile, the Candace MacMillen Achtmeyer Award honors went to Helen Peppler, a senior at Hamilton Wenham High School. Peppler will attend the Carnegie Mellon School of Music beginning this fall.

The 2020 recipient of the Evangelyna Etienne Award went to Rebecca Pringle, a senior at Westborough High School. Pringle conducts The Highlander Tops, a choral ensemble for residents of The Highlands senior apartments in Westborough, MA. She is set to attend Gordon College beginning this fall.

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