Blacksburg Community Band

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Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship: In Honor of Ed Schwartz

The Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship was created to foster the desire in high school students to become lifelong musicians regardless of the profession they choose to pursue. It is open to students currently in grades 9-12 who reside in Montgomery, Pulaski, Floyd, and Giles Counties and the City of Radford who play a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument in a music program. The Founder's Scholarship is now permanently endowed and allows the band to award 2 $500 scholarships that can be used for private lessons, instrument repair or replacement, fees for music workshops, and college tuition.

2 $500 Scholarships will be awarded at the Blacksburg Community Band's Spring Concert.

If you would like to contribute to Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship please print and submit the scholarship fundraising letter.

2024 recipients of the Blacksburg Community Band Founder's Scholarship:

Cole Abbott is a junior at Christiansburg High School. Cole participated in the Virginia Tech Honor Band and is active in the marching, symphonic, concert and jazz bands at Christiansburg where he plays contrabass bugle, tuba, baritone and trombone. He was also a participant in the WGI finals in Dayton, Ohio and has been accepted to be a member of the marching tuba line for the 2024 edition of the Spirit of Atlanta world class Drum and Bugle Corps ensemble, which performs across the nation, including in Salem, VA this July 30th.

Cole is also a member of the Beta Club, 4-year member of the Christiansburg HS soccer team, the Christiansburg soccer club, and Eagle Scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow. He is also currently pursuing coursework with the Southwest Virginia Governor's School, and the New River Community College. Upon graduation, Cole hopes to attend Virginia Tech and to become a member of the Marching Virginians Tuba line.

Dylan Malik is a senior trombonist at Blacksburg High School where he was a Brass Captain of the marching band, and a musical theater and symphonic band member. He was also a member, by audition, of the 2023 and 2024 Mid-Atlantic Honor Band at Shenandoah University. He was also a crew member with the Virginia State Parks Youth Conservation Corps 2023 & 2024. After graduation, Dylan will be attending Radford University where he has been accepted into the music program.

In his recommendation letter, Dylan’s band director wrote that Dylan “has displayed high musical standards in the time that I have known him. He has done an exceptional job as a performer and has received the respect of his fellow musicians. He is able to balance countless hours of dedicated practice and performance to achieve high academic and musical goals.”