THE RINGGOLD BAND YOUNG ARTIST AWARD
The 2022 Auditions are scheduled for Friday, January 31st, 2022
Applications must be submitted by Friday, January 21st, 2022
Click Here for the Application
Each year, the Ringgold Band gives the Ringgold Band Young Artist Award to a qualifying high school senior. To qualify for the award, an applicant must be:
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A senior at a Berks County public high school
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Participating in the Berks Senior Band Festival
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Planning to continue with a career in music OR planning to perform in a college or military ensemble after high school
An interested applicant who meets all of these requirements will perform the piece he or she has prepared for Senior County Band and District Band auditions for a panel of judges from the Ringgold Band. The winner will receive $1,000 and will have the opportunity to perform a piece with the Ringgold Band as a soloist.
2022 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Xadiel Benejah-Rodriguez, saxophone
Exeter Township Senior High School
Winner
Brian Gambler, percussion
Home School and Schuylkill Valley High School
Runner-up
Hanna Gelsinger, flute
Conrad Weiser High School
2021 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Eliza Karpiak, flute
Daniel Boone High School
Runner-up
Emerson Gagnon, oboe
Wyomissing High School
Runner-up
Meghan Snelling, flute
Exeter High School
2020 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Evelyn Gerhart, flute
Boyertown High School
Runner-up
Isaiah Ebersole, trombone
Governor Mifflin High School
2019 RBYAA WINNERS
Winner
Runner-up
Runner-up
Runner-up
Brynn Werley, flute
Conrad Weiser High School
Evan Nygard, trombone
Kutztown High School
Joel Evans, marimba
Wyomissing High School
Sashank Sridhar, tenor sax
Wilson School District