Voices of Naples

Naples, Florida

Scholarships

Voices of Naples was proud to be able to award two scholarships last year. The winners were chosen from a field of applicants to include all Collier and Lee County high school seniors who planned to study vocal music at the college level.

The first scholarship of $1000 was awarded to Kayla Fischl, graduate of Cape Coral High School. Kayla will attend The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in Los Angeles, Ca. where she will study toward a BFA degree in Musical Theatre.

During her high school career, Kayla was enrolled in the International Baccalaureate program for four years and graduated with a 4.24 GPA. Kayla capped off her senior year as director of The Secret Garden for the Cape Drama Department. In addition to her local performances she traveled twice to Orlando, Fl. to entertain in the chorus of Downtown Disney.

Most recently, Kayla was recognized with an award as outstanding actress in a lead role runner-up in “Annie of Green Gables” at the Fourth Annual High School Musical Awards at The Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall.

The daughter of Shari and Gary Fischl of Cape Coral, Kayla is the private voice student of Dr. Carol Nabatoff.

Elizabeth Drugan The second scholarship of $1000 was presented to Elizabeth Drugan, graduate of Seacrest Country Day School. Elizabeth will attend Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, AL, to study for a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Arts and Music.

In 2010, the Seacrest Country Day School Chorus traveled to Italy where they performed at the Vatican; Elizabeth was the soloist for the choir.

She has competed in several vocal competitions and won 1^st place with the 2010 Naples Music Club.

Elizabeth is the daughter of Mrs. Carol Emerton of Naples and a private voice student of Mrs. Jean Seidel.

Voices of Naples is committed to encouraging young people who express an interest in pursuing vocal music as a career. Shortly after our own beginning, we established a scholarship fund for the purpose of assisting talented graduating seniors intending to pursue a college major associated with vocal music. Our continuing commitment to young vocalists is made possible by the generosity of our patrons, which has enabled us to award more than $20,000 in scholarships in just five years.

Again this year, our winners have been invited to perform at our Feb. 26,2012 concert. Don’t miss it!

For information about the
Voices of Naples Vocal Music Scholarship,

voicesofnaples@ yahoo.com

Past Winners:

2006-2007