Oregon Symphony Association in Salem

Vernon L. Wiscarson Young Musician's Competition-April 4, 2009
Audition cd's due March 6, 2009. For more information and application click here

Salem Community Choir

Bill Riesland Memorial Scholarship
Application deadline March 21, 2009. For more information and application call Mark at (503) 864-2065

Pentacle Theatre

Pentacle Theatre’s Education Committee is pleased to announce the Bill and Phyllis Cross Pentacle Theatre scholarships for pursuit of higher education and the arts:

• The Jo Dodge Performing Arts Theatre Scholarship
• The Tony Zandol Technical Arts Theatre Scholarship
• The Tom Ulmer Theatre Service Scholarship

Examples of qualifying criteria include theatre education, other theatre involvement (including service at Pentacle Theatre), academic and professional goals, and special considerations of need. Applicants will be asked to submit a personal statement on the impact of theatre in their lives and their contributions to the arts.

Applications are available now.  You may download the application from the Pentacle website soon (www.pentacletheatre.org); pick one up at the Pentacle Theatre Office at 145 Liberty St NE Suite 102 in downtown Salem, or contact the Education Committee Chair, Robert Salberg at 503-999-1179 or robertsalberg@comcast.net.

Scholarship applications are due by May 1, 2009 and recipients will be notified the 3rd week of May, 2009.

The fund, established in the memory of Bill and Phyllis Cross, honors two individuals who were awarded Pentacle’s highest honor of Lifetime Membership. While at Pentacle Theatre and during Phyllis’ career as a high school drama teacher – the Crosses served as mentors and role models, inspiring those around them in performing and technical theatre arts. Jo Dodge, a Pentacle Lifetime Member, has acted and directed in numerous Pentacle productions, as well as taught an acting workshop at the theatre through Chemeketa Community College since 1981 and has shared her love of theatre with hundreds of Pentacle volunteers for 25 years. The technical arts scholarship is awarded in honor of Tony Zandol, Pentacle’s resident designer and professional production director. In addition to his work with Pentacle Theatre, Tony works with Children’s Educational Theatre.  The late Tom Ulmer was a tireless creator and educator of theatrical arts, at Pentacle Theatre, Children’s Educational Theatre and in his career with the Salem-Keizer School District.  Pentacle honors his memory by awarding scholarship funds to a student who gives extraordinary time and effort to be involved in theatre in spite of the odds.