The Cape Cod Chorale is pleased to announce the 2022 recipient of the Barbara Knight Memorial Scholarship. Barbara Knight was a tenor in the chorale for many years and served on the chorale board as well. She passed away in 2016 at the age of 87. She had retired as a captain in the U.S. Navy and was one of the first women to attain that rank. She also had a distinguished career as a social worker. The scholarship is awarded to a high school senior from Cape Cod who is planning to pursue a college academic course toward a career in music.
This year’s recipient is Paige Burkey from Sandwich High School, where she has been a member of the advanced show choir Sandwich Soul, the traditional advanced honors choir Sandwich Singers, as well as Sandwich High School’s Knights Theatre Company. She has had many roles in these groups, recently performing as “Donna”, one of the leads in the musical Mama Mia. She also served as a teacher’s assistant this year for the Sandwich Middle School chorus. Her teachers describe her as a kind, compassionate leader and a fierce academic achiever who is hardworking and dedicated. Paige is planning to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston in the fall. She will double major in vocal performance with a concentration in musical theatre and in music education.
The Barbara Knight Memorial Scholarship awards $500 to a high school senior every year. The student is eligible for a renewal of the $500 each year they continue to be in good academic standing in their music major. The 2021 recipient, Anna Item, is from Marstons Mills and is majoring in Musical Theatre at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania. The 2020 recipient, Genevieve Sull, is from Chatham and is majoring in songwriting at Berklee College of Music.