Fort Walton Beach High School Senior Maxine Sculthorpe was awarded a $1,000 scholarship on May 7 at the Sinfonia Youth Orchestra Spring Concert Sinfonia Gulf Coast is pleased to announce that Maxine Sculthorpe of Shalimar, Florida, has been named the winner of the 2023 Grace Fulcher Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship, created in memory and honor of Grace Bernice Fulcher, is awarded annually to a Sinfonia Youth Orchestra high school senior. The 2023 scholarship recipient was announced following the Sinfonia Youth Orchestra Spring Concert on Sunday, May 7, 2023. This year’s concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature Sinfonia Youth Orchestra, Sinfonietta Strings, and Sinfonia’s Chamber ensembles. The scholarship is awarded to contribute to tuition and fees associated with higher education costs. This year’s scholarship amount is $1,000. Maxine Sculthorpe is a senior at Fort Walton Beach High School, and she has been playing violin for one year in the Sinfonia Youth Orchestra. Sculthorpe says her favorite thing about Sinfonia Youth Orchestra is “the opportunity it provides for musicians to learn from each other, in addition to visits from professional musicians.” In addition to being a musician, Sculthorpe participates in Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse Team, Academic Team, Art Club, Beta Club, National Honor Society, Music National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, “Murals with a Meaning” painting project and ballet. In her scholarship application, Sculthorpe said she plans to attend the University of Florida for her bachelor’s degree in architecture and then attend Cornell University to earn...
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