Scholarship Winners

The following is a list of recent Orpheus scholarship winners:
Year
Name
Primary Instrument(s)/Vocal
Hometown
High School
College or Music School
Scholarship
2022
Yoona Park
Viola
Paramus, NJ
Paramus High School
The Juilliard School
Roland L. Meyer
2022
Margot Jerkovich
Vocal (soprano), acting
Ridgewood, NJ
Ridgewood High School
 
​Harriet & Edward Levy Memorial
​2021
Alisa Berenshtein
Violin
River Vale, NJ
Pascack Valley High School
 
Roland L. Meyer​​
​2021
Emanuel Singletary
​Vocal (tenor), acting
Hackensack, NJ
Hackensack High School
Shenandoah University
​Harriet & Edward Levy Memorial
2020
Kieran Corcoran
​Alto saxophone
​​Ridgewood, NJ
​Ridgewood High School
College of the Holy Cross
​​Roland L. Meyer
​2019
​Ula Goldstein
​Vocal (soprano)
Leonia, NJ
​Leonia High School
McGill University
​​Roland L. Meyer
2018
​Erin Chang
​Vocal (soprano) and piano
Hillsborough, NJ
​Hillsborough High School
 
​​Roland L. Meyer​
2017
Jeremy Stepansky
Piano, composition, arrangement
​Montclair, NJ
Montclair High School
Harvard University
​Roland L. Meyer
2016
Timothy Ruszala
​Bassoon
Fairfield, NJ
West Essex Regional High School
Princeton University
​Roland L. Meyer​
2016
Graham Deubner
​Bassoon
Glen Ridge, NJ​
Glen Ridge High School
Colburn School of Music
​​Harriet & Edward Levy Memorial
2015
Christina George
Drums, multiple other instruments
 
Kittatinny Regional High School
 
Roland L. Meyer
2014
Emmett Rapaport
​Wind, percussion, saxophone
​Ridgewood, NJ
Ridgewood High School
 
​Roland L. Meyer​
​2013
Yuta Takano
Cello
​Ramsey, NJ
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack
 
​Roland L. Meyer
2012
Luke Ostrow
Vocal, marching band, acting
Northvale, NJ
Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tappan
 
Roland L. Meyer
2011
​Adina Shapiro
Vocal, piano
Ringwood, NJ
​Lakeland Regional High School
 
​Roland L. Meyer
2010
Sean Sullivan
Vocal (choral), acting
Leonia, NJ
Leonia High School
 
​Roland L. Meyer
2009
Ryan Kelley
Vocal (choral, gospel)
Montclair, NJ
Montclair High School
 
​Roland L. Meyer
2008
William Mayer
Vocal (choral, opera), acting
Allendale, NJ
Northern Highlands Regional High School
 
​Roland L. Meyer
2007
​Thomas Barth
Vocal, mellophone, French horn
​Succasunna, NJ
​Roxbury High School
 
Roland L. Meyer
2006
​Ana Lorenzo
Vocal, percussion
Verona, NJ
Verona High School
 
Roland L. Meyer
2005
​Kathryn Salfelder
Piano, mallet percussion, composition
 
Fair Lawn High School
 
Roland L. Meyer
2004
​Jeanette Aufiero
 
​Saddle River, NJ
​Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale
 
Roland L. Meyer
2003
​Sarah Vander Ploeg
Vocal, viola, acting
North Haledon, NJ
​Eastern Christian High School, North Haledon
 
​Roland L. Meyer
2002
​Ronald Binaghi, III
 
 
Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tappan
 
​​Roland L. Meyer
2001
​Alyssa Beachum
 
 
Ramapo High School
 
Roland L. Meyer
2000
​David Santin
 
 
Ramapo High School
 
Orpheus Club
1999
​Melanie Lavitan
 
 
Paramus ​High School
 
Orpheus Club
1998
​Jennifer Coates
 
 
​Glen Rock High School
 
Orpheus Club
1997
​Michael Uzzi
 
 
Paramus ​​High School
 
Orpheus Club
1996
​James Allen Saltzman, Jr.
 
 
Pequannock High School
 
Orpheus Club
1995
​Jennifer Roemer
 
 
Paramus ​High School
 
Orpheus Club
1994
Dan Freiszli
 
 
Indian Hills ​High School
 
Orpheus Club
1993
​Meredith Cooper
 
 
Ridgewood High School
 
Orpheus Club
1992
​Maura Fortescue
 
 
Glen Rock High School
 
Orpheus Club
1992
​John Hoyos
 
 
Ridgewood High School
 
Orpheus Club