Southern Delaware Chorale names Lee Mitchell Scholars

The Southern Delaware Chorale has announced its 2018-19 Lee Mitchell Scholars.

The Lee Mitchell scholarship includes private voice lessons with a teacher of choice, up to $1,000 value, and participation in the chorale’s 2018-19 season. It also includes membership dues in the SDC, concert attire for events, and music.

Rachel Bollinger, a Woodbridge High School junior, is one of the drum majors in the marching band, where she also plays sousaphone and flute. She is a member of the high school select ensemble, which is audition-only, and the Sussex County Honor Chorus, and she has been a theater participant since fifth grade.

Grace Morris has performed her whole life as a singer, dancer and actress. She is a Sussex Technical High School junior, and since the age of 8 has been an active cast member of Clear Space Theatre Company. She is excited to be broadening her horizons with further training with the Southern Delaware Chorale. She feels this will help her learn more about herself as a vocalist and performer.

Jacob Slabonik attends Sussex Technical High School as a junior and participates in concert choir, chamber ensemble, Raven Nation Marching Band and STXpress Drumline. He has sung in the Junior All-State Chorus, junior and senior county choirs, and participated in the Governor’s School of Excellence in choral music.

Hannah Wolk, a senior at Sussex Technical High School, participates in chamber ensemble, Bella Voce and drama club, and serves as president of the concert choir. She has also sung in All-State and Junior All-State Chorus, and with the Southern Delaware Chorale last year. She participated in the Governor’s School of Excellence for singing and intends to pursue music in college.

The Lee Mitchell Scholarship program was established more than 20 years ago with an endowment from the family of the late Lee Mitchell, an internationally renowned pianist and composer. The scholarship award was initiated to advance the cause of music and arts among high school students.

The Southern Delaware Chorale, under the direction of Dr. Colin Armstrong, is a nonprofit organization which promotes choral music in Southern Delaware by bringing together local singers of all ages who share a mutual love of good music, and by presenting such music to the general public at winter and spring concerts and other events during the season. The chorale rehearses on Tuesday evenings at Georgetown Presbyterian Church during the school year.

For more information, go to www.southerndelawarechorale.org.