2023 SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

The Madge Rizza Scholarship for the Performing Arts Recipient

Shane graduated from Kearsarge High School and plans to have a career in the performing arts. He is a resident of Sutton. He received . Shane has a passion for acting, singing and dancing which makes him perfect for the performing arts. He has been a Junior Barn Intern for several summers. He has been involved with student programs at Northern Stage. He also starred as Billy Elliott in that production in the Boston area. Shane has been very serious about his academic work as well as his talent for singing and dancing and the performing arts. He is going to attend Florida Southern College where he hopes to earn a BFA in musical theater.

Lang Scholarship Recipient 

Patrick is a 2020 graduate of Kearsarge High School and he resides in New London. He is a multi-talented young man who sings, plays the piano and performs in musicals. He played Harold Hill, the lead character, in Kearsarge’s High School’s spring production of Music Man. He has performed vocally in jazz groups as well as performed in A Cappella singing groups. He combined these talents along with outstanding academic grades in high school. He has been accepted at Syracuse University and plans to enroll in the music program there. He does aspire to have a career in music.

Emily is a resident of Wilmot and graduated from Kearsarge High School this year. Emily was awarded a senior scholarship as she plans to attend Smith College. She was accepted early as this was her first choice. Emily has been dancing since she was a little girl. She has spent much of her training at the Kearsarge Conservatory of Performing Arts in Warner. As she grew in her dance expertise, she taught classes there. Her talent and passion for dance will be combined with her interest in biochemical engineering and the study of genetics. Her outstanding academic record and talent ensures she will be 

successful in combing dance with her 

academic responsibilities at Smith College. 

  Madison, from Newport, has been dancing since she was a very young girl. Most of her classes were at the Dance Arts Academy in Sunapee. She not only took classes at the academy but taught dance there as well. She will be going to Salve Regina College in the fall. There she will continue to develop her talent for dancing along with studying law. She is passionate about issues that relate to social justice and she can see herself going into law or working in the criminal justice system. 

Meaghan  is a graduate of Grantham High School. She has been studying dance for many years. She has studied ballet at the White River Dance Academy. She has also studied ballet at the Boston Conservatory of Dance in Boston for a three week summer program. She will be attending the Hart School of Music at the University of Hartford. She will be majoring in the performing arts with a 

focus on dance. 

  Erin will be attending Middlebury College in the fall. She graduated from Kearsarge High School and resides in Wilmot. She is an outstanding student who has been dancing and singing in various productions at Kearsarge High School. She will be majoring in the performing arts at college. But she also has an interest in studying law or psychology. She will also continue to develop her ability and passion as a visual artist. 

    Bailey  received a scholarship this year, to attend the Junior Barn Intern program. He is a talented vocalist who has participated in the jazz choir at the high school and also in the All New England choir. He will be a senior at Kearsarge High School in the fall. He lives in Warner.

    Elizabeth Upton lives in Newbury and is a student at the Kearsarge Middle School. She has been dancing since she was very young. She has done most of her studying at the Kearsarge Conservatory of Performing Arts. She received a scholarship for a summer intensive dance program. It is the Rock School for Dance Education.