Our 2012 Scholarship Winners . . .

Sean Hack	Sean Switzer
Sean Hack, a 17 year old senior at Columbia high school has been playing the trumpet for eight years. For seven of them he has been a student of Chris Jaudes.  While at Columbia he has been a member of the jazz band, the wind ensemble and the marching band, as well as the Excelsior Singers.  Sean has also played with the New Jersey Youth Symphony for five years where he has had the opportunity to play first trumpet on pieces as diverse as Gershwin’s An American in Paris, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite. For five summers he has also played with the Gramercy Brass Orchestra’s summer brass camp. Sean has participated in summer trumpet workshops at Oberlin Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music and has taken master classes with Roy Poper, Allen Vizzutti, James Thompson and Douglas Prosser.  .  He frequently performs as a soloist at St. Joseph's Church in Maplewood on major holidays.  Sean has also performed with the Freelance Ensemble Artists of New Jersey Sean also enjoys giving trumpet lessons and enjoyed his AP course in Music Theory.  He is now working on music composition in an independent study. Sean intends to major in trumpet performance and minor in composition in college.	Chatham High School senior Sean Switzer studied voice privately for six years with the late Dr. Paul Gallagher and recently with Kenneth Bryson.  A versatile vocalist, Sean is equally at ease with Classical, Broadway, Multicultural, Jazz, and Popular music genres. A veteran member of the 24-voice CHS Select Choir, Sean has performed as a choral singer and featured soloist in significant venues such as NJPAC, Lincoln Center and Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, in addition to adjudicated opportunities throughout the Northeast. Sean earned honors status as a member of CHS Select Choir for his junior and senior years, and enjoys membership in two student-run choral organizations at CHS; SNAPS, the mixed a cappella choir and Varsity Vocals, the male a cappella vocal group of which he is the 2011-2012 Director.  With a passion for combining his interests in classical vocal performance with theater, Sean has been cast in many musical productions. In addition to his introduction to musical theater as a children’s chorus member of CHS productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Music Man, favorite roles at CHS include Mr. Twimble in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Danny Zuko in Grease, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Apollo in Metamorphoses, and most recently as Robert Martin in The Drowsy Chaperone.  Sean has also been cast in local summer theater productions of Rent (Mark Cohen) and Godspell (Judas). Sean has enjoyed membership in the New Jersey Region I Mixed Chorus, NJ All-State Mixed Chorus and the 2012 All-Eastern Honors Chorus.  In his sophomore year, Sean was the recipient of the 2010 New Jersey Governor’s Award for excellence in Vocal Music.  As a member of the 2011 NJ All-State Chorus, Sean was selected from among the 350 singers as the recipient of the All-State pin, traditionally presented at each concert to one outstanding member in recognition of their service, leadership, achievement, and contributions to the New Jersey All-State organization. Outside of CHS choral activities, Sean is a member of Extreme Faith, a Christian rock group at Corpus Christi Church, and is a founding member and lead vocalist of the popular local rock band, Castle Park. This fall, Sean plans to attend college to study Vocal Performance and Liberal Arts.

PAST RECIPIENTS

CHARLES HOENS, South Orange December 1971
PATRICIA A. DOBBS, Madison April 1972
NANCY SCHWARTZ, South Orange April 1973
LISA FLORIO, Short Hills December 1973
JULIE KEDERSHA, South Orange April 1974
ELIZABETH NESTER, Madison December 1974
DONNA ROBBINS South Orange April 1975
MARGO HENNEBACH, Short Hills December 1976
KYLE GRANGER, South Orange April 1976
KRISTI FRANK, Short Hills December 1976
LAURA ANN LlLOIA, Nutley April1977
LORI MILLER, Millburn December 1977
HANS FENSTERMACHER, South Orange
JANET HIRSHMAN, Maplewood, April 1978
MELINDA GETZ, Millburn December 1978
MARGERY HANSEN, West Orange April 1979
SHARON ELIZABETH BAUBLES, Maplewood April 1980
ROBIN LORI COHEN, Short Hills December 1980
PAMELA DeLUCA, Millburn : April 1981
SUSAN TULINSKI, Short Hills April 1982
DONNA TERRY, Newark
PAMELA WINSLOW, Maplewood, May 1983
KENNETH RICHMAN, Maplewood April 1984
LORRAINE THOMAS Maplewood May 1985
LOREN WALENSKY, Millburn May 1986
MATTHEW RINGEL, Millburn May 1987
AVI POLAK, Millburn April 1988
HEATHER MOUNT, Millburn April 1989
PETER STEWART, South Orange May 1990
KRISTEN CASTALDO, Florham Park May 1991
CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON, Warren Twp May 1992
MAKIKO HIRATA, Short Hills May 1993
CAROLYN SHIH, Short Hills May 1994
SONIA LYNN BJORNSEN, East Hanover May 1996
MARY KATE WILLKENS, Summit
KARINA BRUK, South Orange May 1996
EYTAN USLAN, South Orange May 1997
MICHAEL VOGEL, Berkeley Heights May 1998
JESSICA MOFFETT, West Orange May 1999
VERONICA LEE PASTERCZYK, Mountainside May 2000
ALLISON CHEUNG, Millburn and
ASHER STEIN, Maplewood May 2001
ASHLEY HARTMAN, Chatham May 2002
LEAR JANIV, Millburn May May2003
YEMIN SHI, Millburn May 2004
FREDDI MACK, Berkeley Heights May 2005
MARISSA RAGO, Union May 2006
HYEREE GRACE KIM, Millburn May 2007
ELICIA SILVERSTEIN, Millburn May 2008
LARISSA D’ANDREA, Montclair May 2009
AMANDA GRAFTON, Maplewood May 2010
TIMOTHY LACIANO, New Providence May 2011

THE JOHN A. PLUMER
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

The Music Scholarship Award was initiated in 1971 by John Plumer during his year as President. In his honor the Maplewood Glee Club established the John A. Plumer Memorial Scholarship Fund as a not-for-profit organization supporting young music students. A scholarship is awarded each year to a graduating senior high school student planning to pursue a career in music. Selection of the recipient is administered by our Scholarship Committee. Candidates are drawn from the towns where members of the glee club reside. Relatives of glee club members are ineligible.

Continuance of the award has been made possible by the support of the Glee Club’s members and friends. Tax deductible donations to the John A Plumer Memorial Scholarship Fund may be sent to:

Maplewood Glee Club
P.O. Box 54
Maplewood, NJ 07040