Two of the most rewarding projects that our organization sponsors are our two scholarship opportunities, i.e. the H. T. Lorick, Jr. Vocal Scholarship and the Sylvia E. Looney Piano Scholarship. Both of these scholarships are designed to assist local student musicians in their professional training for upcoming college scholarship auditions. This endeavor is invaluable to us an arts organization because we are helping perpetuate the musical arts in our own community, as well as, membership for our own choral ensemble. Thanks to the gracious donations from you, we are able to grant monetary awards and performance opportunities to the most outstanding student musicians in our municipality.

The H. T. Lorick, Jr. Vocal Scholarship is available to highly qualified students who reside in Lexington County, and the Sylvia E. Looney Piano Scholarship is available to highly qualified students who reside and/or attend school in Lexington and Richland Counties. Award recipients are determined through an audition process. The vocal auditions are offered in the fall, and the piano auditions in the spring. More specific criteria for each scholarship is listed below.

 H. T. Lorick, Jr. Vocal Scholarship

 

The H. T. Lorick, Jr. Vocal Scholarship is available by audition process for 9th-12th graders who reside in Lexington County. The scholarship is intended to be used for private vocal instruction and college preparatory literature. The scholarship is designed to help better prepare the high school students for college vocal scholarship auditions in which they will be involved during their senior year.

 Criteria for Auditions

              The scholarship is available by audition process for students who reside in Lexington County.

              The scholarship is in the amount of $250.00.

              The scholarship is intended to be used for private vocal instruction.

              The scholarship is designed to help better prepare students for future college scholarship auditions.

              Scholarship auditions are based on vocal talent.                                                                                                                                     

 In order for a student to be considered for auditions (s)he must complete an audition form and send it to the following address along with an audition fee of $5.00 and a letter of recommendation: LCCS H. T. Lorick, Jr. Vocal Auditions, P.O. Box 1179, Lexington, SC 29071-1179 .

Previous auditions were held on October 24, 2011 at Saxe-Gotha Presbyterian Church. The winners for 2012 were Elliot Stegall (Gilbert High School) and Stephanie Langford.

 H. T. Lorick, Jr. - Scholarship Application Form
   

For further information, especially for vocal instructors, please click the link below. 

Letter to Vocal Instructors, Parents, and Students 

 
Sylvia E. Looney Piano Scholarship

For six seasons Sylvia Elkins Looney mesmerized audiences with her accompanying expertise for Lexington County Choral Society performances. In addition to her work for LCCS, Sylvia had an active performance career as pianist and organist for over forty years around the state, but primarily for her home town, Lexington. She graduated from Newberry College and received scholarship offers to attend New York’s renowned Julliard School of Music. She was organist at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Lexington, SC, a position that she held for over thirty-five years. To honor her dedicated service and exceptional performance as premier accompanist, the Sylvia E. Looney Piano Scholarship was founded by the organization's membership in 2003. It was specifically designed to help encourage aspiring young pianists and accompanists around the Midlands of South Carolina. Since the program’s inception, scholarship recipients have been featured guest soloists on subsequent LCCS concerts. This scholarship opportunity is available to students who reside and/or attend school in Lexington and Richland Counties through an audition process.

Criteria for Auditions

                The scholarship is available by audition process for students who reside and/or attend school in Lexington or Richland County.

                The scholarship is in the amount of $500.00 per year which may be equally divided among as many as 2 winners.

                The scholarship is intended for use for private piano instruction.

                The scholarship auditions are based on individual piano talent and the student’s potential as an accompanist.

                Sight-reading vocal parts (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) from a choral score will be included in the audition process.

                Sight-reading hymns or other appropriate choral literature will be included in the audition process.                                                    

In order for a student to be considered for auditions (s)he must complete an audition form and send it to the following address along with an audition fee of $5.00 and a letter of recommendation: LCCS Sylvia E. Looney Piano Auditions, P.O. Box 1179, Lexington, SC 29071-1179 .

Sylvia E. Looney - Scholarship Application Form

For further information, especially for piano instructors, please click the link below. 

Letter to Piano Teachers, Parents, and Students