In the tradition of the great big bands and jazz artists throughout the past
century,
the timeless music lives and thrives today thanks to the Big Band & Jazz
Hall of Fame,
a 501 c(3) nonprofit foundation established in 1995.
Officers of the Board of Directors:
President: David Larkin
Vice President: Hal
White
Treasurer: Vern
Humpherys
Secretary: Barbara
Scarantino
The foundation supports music education in local schools,
performs at school music program fundraisers, and also awards scholarships to
promising music students.
Recent scholarship winners:
Timothy Leonelli Fallbrook High School Senior; trombone player
- $500 cash award to continue music education - June 2007
Anthony Navarro Oceanside High School student; drummer
- 8 days at Mammoth Lakes Jubilee Jazz Camp - July 2007
(in memory of Shel Kaplan, Kaplan Scholarship Fund)
Shantae Moffett Oceanside High School
student; saxaphonist
- 5 days at Arrowbear Jazz Camp - July 2006
(in memory of Shel Kaplan, Kaplan Scholarship Fund)
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