Albuquerque Concert Band
P.O. Box 11205
Albuquerque, NM 87192-1205
Bruce Kroken
Bruce Kroken was a member of the ACB for 24 years and was a founding member of the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra. He believed music is a source of life-long enjoyment. We pay tribute to our great friend by providing this scholarship in his name.
The Bruce Kroken Memorial Scholarship
The Bruce Kroken Memorial Scholarship is a $1000.00 cash award to encourage band students to continue participation as a performing musician.
The Albuquerque Concert Band is once again offering a scholarship to Band Members in the Albuquerque metropolitan area who are graduating seniors and planning to continue in music during their college years. Also eligible are graduates of Albuquerque metropolitan area high schools planning continuing participation in a performance ensemble at a higher education school. The college music involvement need not be as a Major in music, but the recipient must continue to perform and grow as a musician.
The prize, in memory of Bruce Kroken (Bruce was director of bands at both Manzano HS and Desert Ridge MS), is a $1000.00 scholarship and the recipient shall present a solo performance accompanied by the Albuquerque Concert Band. The solo performance will be on the concert of April 6, 2008, 3:00 PM at the Paradise Hills Community Center. The award will be based on an audition and a brief interview.
We would suggest that this be a work that the student will perform at Solo/Ensemble Festival with piano accompaniment. The Albuquerque Concert Band will obtain the music for accompaniment at the end of the audition/interview process once a soloist has been selected. It would help greatly if the solo/band material is available in your school's band library or in the Albuquerque Concert Band Library. The solo selection must be approved by Music Director John Sanks prior to February 8. You may also contact him at Eldorado High School, 296-4871 ext. 266.
To apply for the Bruce Kroken Memorial Scholarship, please complete, print, and mail the following application to:
Bruce Kroken Memorial Scholarship
c/o Ron Lipka
5408 Chapel NW
Albuquerque, NM 87114
Application materials must be received by February 8, 2008 to be considered for this award.
You will be contacted regarding an audition on Wednesday, February 20, 2008.