The Cape Cod Chorale’s Scholarship Award program – the Barbara Knight Memorial Scholarship – is a $1,000 scholarship offered to a Barnstable County graduating senior from any public or private high school in the towns of Sandwich, Mashpee, Bourne, Falmouth, and Barnstable. Students from other towns on Cape Cod may apply as well. Applicants must plan to major in music in college, whether that be in music education, theory, composition, music management, conducting, music history, performance, etc.
Students can find an application for this scholarship from the school’s guidance office, music teacher, or online here. Download application.
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 2024 recipient was Alex Finn from Dennis Yarmouth High School. Read more.
For more information about our scholarship program, contact Kathy Jacobsen at kathrynalice@comcast.net.