The Harold Schwartz Music Awards presentation and 25th anniversary celebration of the Opera Club of The Villages was a rousing success with more than 100 members attending.
The winners of the Harold Schwartz Music scholarship were announced:
1st prize Saveyah Smith, pianist from Mount Dora won a $12,000 scholarship.
2nd prize Michael Jagiello, from Forest High School in Ocala, trumpet, won a $10,000 scholarship.
3rd prize (a tie)
Wellarose Jimenez, violinist from East Ridge High School
Ryan Thurgaland, tenor sax, from the Villages Charter High School.
Both were awarded $7,000.
Four Encouragement Awards of $1,000 each were given to Jarod Fuentes, Hunter Jones, Michelle Snow, and Annika Hedrick.
Learn more about the awards at https://www.operaclubofthevillages.com/