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2010 Metheny Foundation Scholarship Winners
May 15, 2010
Pictured left to right: Mike Metheny, Jason Ringer, Matt Bowers, Quinn Mosier, Justin Cline, Pat Metheny. Not pictured are: Lizz Hougland and Kathryn Streeby, who were in concert at Lee's Summit North on May 7th.
Photo courtesy of Paul Smith
On Friday, May 7, following his performance at Kansas City's Uptown Theater, Grammy award-winning guitarist and Kansas City native Pat Metheny was joined backstage by his brother and trumpeter Mike to award the Metheny Music Foundation's annual music camp and summer studies scholarships. The Metheny Foundation is based in nearby Lee's Summit, the brothers' hometown.
Metheny Music Foundation scholarships are given to qualifying Lee's Summit students in the fields of band, jazz, orchestra, vocal, "and any other area of music where the student shows passion and potential," said Pat Metheny. "Since 2007 summer camp scholarships have been made possible by fundraising events and also by generous donations, for which my family's foundation is grateful."
Mike Metheny added, "If possible we try to let the recipients pick which summer session they would like to attend. This year those choices include camps at the University of Missouri at Kansas City and Columbia, the University of Central Missouri, the University of Kansas, Northwest Missouri State University, and the University of Arkansas. Who knows, maybe someday we will be able to help someone attend Julliard."
Metheny Foundation scholarship recipients for 2010 are:
Matt Bowers (percussion, Lee's Summit North High School), Justin Cline (violin, Lee's Summit West High School), Lizz Hougland (violin and composition, Lee's Summit North High School), Quinn Mosier (piano and string bass, Summit Lakes Middle School), Jason Ringer (drum major, tenor sax and bassoon, Lee's Summit High School), and Kathryn Streeby (viola and voice, Lee's Summit North High School)
For additional information about the Metheny Music Foundation please visit the website at www.methenymusicfoundation.org. Donations can be sent to PO Box 7004, Lee's Summit, MO 64064.
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