May 2025 Awards
Throughout its 142-year history, the purpose of the Ladies’ Friday Musical Club has always been to support young musicians in their college and university music studies. Auditions are held every year and scholarship prizes are awarded. We are so grateful for the continuing support of our generous donors and their financial gifts to these promising young musicians.
This year’s field was exceptional and eleven very strong candidates auditioned on May 17. The judges were tasked with exceedingly difficult decisions and were pleased to award scholarships to six students. Here are the results of this year’s auditions.
Brody VanWave, cello student at Harvard University was awarded the Lily Kauffman Scholarship.
Jacob Philipak, clarinet student at the University of Missouri – St. Louis was awarded the Musical Excellence Scholarship.
Sophia Heaton, violin student at the University of Michigan was awarded the Judy Goldman Scholarship.
Jamie Decker, piano student at Ithaca College was awarded the Audrey Hammann Scholarship.
Lily Cooper, percussion student at the Berklee School of Music in Boston was awarded the Extraordinary Musicianship Scholarship.
Elizabeth Button, vocal student at Webster University was awarded the Ellen Streib Scholarship.