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Pictured from left to right: Eve Dry, Cooper Disque, Chloe Fitzsimmons, Diego Waterkotte, Braeden Baker-Huff, James Garlick, Traci Winters Tyson, Richard O'Neil, Harper Waterkotte, Cheerish Mai, Jazlyn Shideler, Haverly Herr, Agnes Haxel, Violet Burkhard
announcing our fourth annual
Dick and Alice Rapasky Community Music Scholarship award!
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Music on the Strait is pleased to announce our fourth annual Dick and Alice Rapasky Community Scholarship! We will be awarding a minimum of fifteen $500 scholarships to students of orchestral instruments (stings, winds, brass) in Clallam County through the Dick and Alice Rapasky Community Music Scholarship Fund. To date, we have awarded over $25,000 of funds to scholarship recipients. These funds are paid directly to private teachers not only support students, but also help promote a thriving arts economy in our community.
The Rapasky Community Music Scholarship was created in 2022 to honor the memory of Alice and Dick Rapasky, who were great lovers and supporters of the arts on the Olympic Peninsula and friends of Music on the Strait.
Scholarship Committee
​Traci Winters Tyson, Chair
Vicki Helwick, Administrative Coordinator
Shirley Anderson
James Garlick
Amanda Lukens
Phil Morgan-Ellis
Jory Noble
Case Schmidt
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cellist Braeden Baker-Huff performing Haydn's Cello Concerto
Cheerish Mai, Jazlyn Shideler performing a duet
violist Harper Waterkotte
2024/2025 Recipients
Cheerish Mai, viola - grade 7 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Violet Burkhard, violin, grade 7 (teacher: Jory Noble)
Jazlyn Shideler, violin, grade 7 (teacher: Deborah Morgan-Ellis)
Amélie Cash, violin, grade 7 (teacher: Deborah Morgan-Ellis)
Agnes Haxel, violin, grade 7 (teacher: Jory Noble)
Connor Cammisa, cello, grade 7 (teacher: Traci Winters-Tyson)
Haverly Herr, violin, grade 8 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Eve Dry, violin, grade 8, (teacher: Deborah Morgan-Ellis)
Desirae Benzler, violin, grade 9 (teacher: Nathan Rodahl)
Avery Cammisa, viola, grade 9 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Harper Waterkotte, viola, grade 6 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Cooper Disque, viola, grade 9 (teacher: Anne Burns)
Braeden Baker-Huff, cello, grade 11 (teacher: Brian Wharton)
Danielle Woodhouse, violin, grade 10 (teacher: Jory Noble)
Travis Baros, cello, grade 8 (teacher: Traci Winters-Tyson)
Seth Baros, violin, grade 8 (teacher: Traci Winters-Tyson)
Chloe Fitzsimmons, cello, grade 8 (teacher: Traci Winters-Tyson)
Olivia Baros, violin, grade 11 (teacher: Nathan Rodahl)
Beverly Fettermann, violin, grade 6 (teacher: Deborah Morgan-Ellis)
Diego Waterkotte: cello, grade 9 (teacher: Traci Winters-Tyson)
​2023/2024 Recipients
Deven Acosta, bass - grade 10 (teacher: Judith Hanna)
Desirae Henzler, violin - grade 9 (teacher: Nathan Rodahl)
Camille Bringhurst, violin - grade 9 (teacher: Jory Noble)
Juniper Brown, violin - grade 10 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Avery Cammisa, viola - grade 8 (teacher: Deborah Morgan-Ellis)
Connor Cammisa, cello - grade 6 (teacher Traci Winters-Tyson)
Julianna Getzin, viola - grade 10 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Ruth Hanson, viola - grade 10 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Mya Hartman, bass - grade 11 (teacher: Judith Hanna)
Cheerish Mai, viola - grade 6 (teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis)
Wyatt Miller, cello - grade 9 (teacher: Traci Winters-Tyson)
Zeke Millon, violin - grade 7 (teacher: Jory Noble)
Jazlyn Shideler, violin - grade 6 (teacher: Deborah Morgan-Ellis)
Brennan Slack, cello - grade 7 (teacher: Traci WInters-Tyson)
Ashe Thomason, cello - grade 11 (teacher: Traci Winters-Tyson)
Diego Waterkotte, cello - grade 8 (teacher: Traci WInters-Tyson)
Danielle Woodhouse, violin - grade 9 (teacher: Jory Noble)
2022/2023 Recipients
Cynthia Rocha, bass - 7th grade, Port Angeles
Tiadosa Tom, violin - 4th grade, Port Angeles
Michael Johnson, violin- 4th grade, Port Angeles
Juniper Brown, violin - 9th grade, Port Angeles
AJ Hamner, bass - 7th grade, Port Angeles
Georgia Bullard, violin - 11th grade, Sequim
Ocean Sains, violin - 4th grade, Port Angeles
Sam Zmuda, cello - 7th grade, Port Angeles
Faith Weiss, cello - 4th grade, Port Angeles
Mason Mai, cello - 6th grade, Port Angeles
Bronte Tauran - 6th grade, Sequim
Allison Woodhouse, violin - 10th grade, Port Angeles
Momoka Bartsch, viola - 6th grade, Port Angeles
Cheerish Mai, viola - Port Angeles
More about the Dick and Alice Rapasky Scholarship
The Alice Rapasky Memorial Scholarship is available to pre-college string players in Clallam County who are participating in their school string program or other community string program. A minimum of ten $500 scholarships are awarded each year. This program is intended to assist qualified students to take private instrumental music lessons who otherwise could not afford them. In order to qualify, students need to be active members of their school orchestra or similar organization.
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About Music on the Strait
Music on the Strait aims to share chamber music, both its traditions and its emerging voices, through community programming and educational outreach. As part of its community outreach, the Alice Rapasky Memorial Scholarship was created, named in honor of a great friend to the arts and arts education on the Olympic Peninsula.
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Dick and Alice Rapasky
photo courtesy of Shirley Anderson
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2022 Rapasky Scholarship winner
Mason Mai, Bass
Teacher: Scott Swanberg
2022 Rapasky Scholarship winner
Ocean Sains, violin
Teacher: Deborah Morgan-Ellis
2022 Rapasky Scholarship winner
Cheerish Mai, violin
Teacher: Phil Morgan-Ellis