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The Maui Pops Orchestra has announced the four winners of this year's Auriol Flavell Student Scholarship Awards for Young Musicians.
Matthew Noel Torres Yagin is a graduate of Baldwin High School. After one year attending Arizona State University with a double major in saxophone performance and music education, he is now attending the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. After earning his degree, he hopes to return to Maui to continue a career in music and teach music in our schools. Yagin was awarded $2,000.
Kristine May R Tabbada plays violin and piano. She is a member of Maui Youth Philharmonic and Maui Community Orchestra. A student at Maui High School, she also participates in their choral program. After graduation in 2028, she hopes to attend Columbia University and join their orchestral programs. Tabbada was awarded $1,000.
Lily Kawehi Gouveia is a 2024 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Maui, where she played guitar in the school's band. She is completing her associate's degree in liberal arts at University of Hawaii Maui College and is enrolled in Berklee College of Music through their online program studying music composition. She works full time as an educational assistant at St. Anthony School and plans to complete music education certification through UH Manoa and teach in Maui's schools. Gouveia was awarded $1,000.
Avery Mirabelle Springer Pendergraft is a student at Kamehameha Schools Maui, where she plays keyboards and bass guitar. She also studies cello and is a member of Maui Youth Philharmonic and the Hawaii Youth Symphony Concert Orchestra. She plans to pursue a performance degree in cello, minoring in music theory and composition and, finally, a master's degree in music education. This has led him to consider majoring in music education. Pendergraft was awarded $1,000.
Since 2014, the orchestra has awarded $50,000 in scholarship funds to Maui youth. For more information about the scholarship program, go to mauipops.org/scholarships.html.
Donations to the scholarship fund may be made payable to Maui Pops Orchestra at 95 Mahalani St Room 6, Wailuku, HI 96793 or online at mauipops.org.