The National Society of Arts and Letters

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Washington DC Chapter

The Winston Scholarships

Art and Voice

A total of $10,000 will be awarded in each category

Maximum scholarship of $5,000 per applicant

The Winston Art and Voice Scholarships, along with the National Career Awards, are competitions for monetary awards to assist young artists. The Winston Art and Voice Scholarships are competitions which begin at the local chapter level with the winners in both the Art and Voice competitions going on to compete at the national level. The competitions are adjudicated by locally and nationally known men and women in the arts. Designed for artists between the ages of 16 and 22, they afford young people throughout the United States the opportunity to be heard and seen by professional critics, managers, producers, teachers, the media, and patrons of the arts.

The scholarship funds are only for private study, for special training, or for personal advancement in the applicant's art medium. They can be used for workshops, museum programs, summer programs, etc. The funds are not for college tuition, housing, or travel. Applicants must demonstrate exceptional talent and promise of future success.

We would like to offer a special thank you to

Bobbie Godridge

for her $1,000 donation in support of our local Winston program.

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Naomi Winston Scholarship in Art

2013 Washington DC Chapter Winston Art Co-Chair and Chair

Jane Pearson and Jackie Knepshield

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Shirley Rabb Winston Scholarship in Voice

2013 Washington DC Chapter Winston Voice Chair

Carla Jones-Batka

2013 Washington DC Chapter Winners

Kellie Alison Motter

Originally from Johns Creek, GA, Kellie is a 21-year-old junior majoring in voice performance at the University of Maryland School of Music. She was a competitor for the Winston in 2012 and performed at NSAL’s May Awards Meeting and 2012 Viennese Ball in November. Kellie plans to apply scholarship money to attend a music festival in Rome, or a summer class at Brevard Music Center or Chautauqua Music Institute.

Madeline Ann Himelfarb

Madi is a 17-year-old high school junior at Maret School. She studies opera but especially enjoys musical theater. She is hopeful she will receive scholarship money so she may attend Northwestern University’s Musical Theatre summer program. In January, she participated in the NSAL Musical Theatre Mock Audition and Master Class. Madi will be recognized for outstanding performance in the Musical Theater discipline at the 2013 NSAL Award for Excellence in the Arts Ceremony in April at the Kennedy Center.

Kellie and Madi will represent Washington DC in the National Winston Scholarship Competition.

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THE 2012 WINSTON SCHOLARSHIPS

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2012 Washington DC Chapter Winston Voice Scholarship Winners

Rebecca Hargrove (2011), Kellie Motter (2012), and Jeremy Hirsch (2012)

entertained our guests with outstanding performances at our

2012 Viennese Ball at the Cosmos Club in Washington DC.

Viennese Ball

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Naomi Winston Scholarship in Art

Washington DC Chapter Winston Art Co-Chair and Chair

Jane Pearson and Jackie Knepshield

For 2012, three outstanding young artists were chosen to represent the NSAL Washington DC Chapter in the National Winston Scholarship Competition. To the delight of all…all three were chosen as National Scholarship winners!

Pictured above with Chair Jackie Knepshield are: Morgan Kulesza, a student at the Washington Waldorf School and winner of a National award of $1,000; Carolyn Becker, a student at American University and winner of a National award of $500; and Sarah Dansberger, a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and winner of a National award of $1,600.

The Chapter competition judges were artists Beth Dunkelberger, Marci Nadler, and Chryssa Wolfe.

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Shirley Rabb Winston Scholarship in Voice

Washington DC Chapter Winston Voice Chair

Carla Jones-Batka

In honor of Shirley Rabb Winston, an annual scholarship was established and made available through the National Society of Arts and Letters to assist young vocal artists.

In 2012, three extremely talented young singers were chosen to compete in the National Winston Scholarship Competition as NSAL Washington DC Chapter winners:

Jeremy Randall Hirsch, Baritone

Peabody Conservatory and Johns Hopkins University Student

Kellie Alison Motter, Soprano

University of Maryland Student

Simran Arora Afsah, Soprano

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Student

The Art and Voice Winston honorees were recognized at the May 2012 awards program of the Washington DC Chapter hosted by member Nancy Peery Marriott, pictured above with Winston Voice participants Jeremy Hirsch and Kellie Motter.

Judges for the Chapter’s Winston Voice competition were Mary Ann Stabile Cooper, Jane Pearson, and Evelyn Sweet.

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To see our

2011 Winston Scholarship Winners

please click on.

2011 Winston Scholarships

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