NYSMF is very proud to be working with the legendary New York Pops Orchestra and the amazing Salute to Music Program, to provide amazing opportunities to the best young musicians in New York City to attend the challenging, exciting NYSMF program each summer.

Dr. Sherrie Maricle, Education Director for both the NY Pops and for NYSMF, and the wonderful staff of the NY Pops coordinate the Martin Ormandy Scholarship program (named after the orchestra’s founding principal cellist), in which outstanding young musicians are give the chance to win one of five full two-week scholarships to the New York Summer Music Festival.

The five young people, all from New York City public schools, are selected after having shown exceptional musical growth during the academic year as participants in the orchestra’s Salute to Music program, which provides free instrumental lessons to more than a hundred music students throughout the city’s five boroughs.

In May, more than two dozen students from Salute to Music are selected to perform with The New York Pops at the orchestra’s gala concert. From this group, five are chosen as winners of the prestigious Martin Ormandy Scholarship.

We would like to thank the entire Education Department of the NY Pops and all the talented members of the Salute to Music program for their support!

Joanne Winograd, Education Coordinator

Dr. Sherrie Maricle, Director of Education

Claire Bergman, Strings

Nadje Noordhuis, High Brass

Jason Rigby, Low Winds

Enid Blount Press, High Winds

Guido Gonzales, Brass

Jenny Hill, Woodwinds

Alla Karasik, Strings

Richard Spencer, Low Strings

Jami Dauber, High Brass

Katja Endemann, Low Winds

Janelle Reichmann, Woodwinds

Deborah Weisz, Low Brass

Etsuko Connelly, Strings

Marsha Heydt, Low Winds

Larry Moses, Brass

Carol Sudhalter, High Winds

Tanya Darby, Brass

Anita Hill, Strings

Elaine Sutin, High Strings

Chris Garone, Woodwinds