Berklee City Music Awards Nine Four-Year, Full-Tuition Scholarships

Nine young musicians from underserved communities in Boston and across the United States were awarded four-year, full-tuition scholarships to attend Berklee College of Music during an emotional presentation at the Berklee Performance Center on August 6. Emceed by Kameron Whalum, a member of Bruno Mars's acclaimed backing band, the Hooligans, the scholarship presentation came at the end of Berklees Aspire: Five-Week Summer Performance Intensive, which included 89 students attending the program on Berklee City Music Summer Scholarships.

Scholarship recipients were all participants in Berklee City Music , a nonprofit organization that delivers high-quality contemporary music education to youth from underserved communities at no or low cost. The Berklee City Music Network is an association of 40 community organizations that serve more than 46,000 students in the United States, Canada, and Latin America each year. Since its inception, Berklee City Music has awarded 266 four-year, full-tuition scholarships totaling more than $20 million.

2019 Berklee City Music College Scholarship Recipients

Angelina Botticelli, East Boston, Massachusetts

Zhane Brown, Camden, New Jersey

Thomas Cooke, Goodyear, Arizona

Gregory Cyres Jr., New Orleans, Louisiana

Diji Diallo, New Orleans, Louisiana

Malachi Lewis, East Orange, New Jersey

Aliyah Taylor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2019 City Music J. Curtis Warner Jr. Scholarship Recipient

Dylan Verge, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

2019 Berklee Presidential Scholar

Hazel Royer, Dorchester, Massachusetts

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