Current Recipient
2024
Anna Adams
Anna was a member of the Framingham High School (FHS) Chorus and Tonal Eclipse (FHS' A Cappella Club) for all four years at FHS. She served as the FHS Chorus' Alto Section Leader for four years and an officer for Tonal Eclipse for three years. She has always loved singing, community, and teaching, and she is so excited for the next chapter of her musical career. Anna will attend the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to study Music Education with a Vocal Emphasis in the fall of 2024. Congratulations Anna!
Anna Adams
Anna was a member of the Framingham High School (FHS) Chorus and Tonal Eclipse (FHS' A Cappella Club) for all four years at FHS. She served as the FHS Chorus' Alto Section Leader for four years and an officer for Tonal Eclipse for three years. She has always loved singing, community, and teaching, and she is so excited for the next chapter of her musical career. Anna will attend the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to study Music Education with a Vocal Emphasis in the fall of 2024. Congratulations Anna!
Past Recipients
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2023
Emily Spalding Emily Spalding will be attending Muhlenberg College in the fall to study Theatre and Spanish. She has been involved in musical theatre since preschool, and was the president of the Framingham High School Drama Company for her senior year. She also was the secretary in her junior year. She is so grateful for her theatre teachers for helping her get to where she is now. Congratulations Emily! |
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2022
Hadley Conner Hadley has been a part of the Framingham High School Drama Company since her freshman year, and was elected Secretary in 2020 as well as President in 2021. She has been participating in the performing arts since she was in elementary school, and taking vocal lessons since she was 9. She plans to continue her training as a Musical Theater student at UCLA in the fall. Congratulations Hadley! |
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2021
Eva Taub Eva has been an integral member of Framingham's Fine Arts program since she started at Framingham High School, and has been singing and doing theater her whole life. She says that without having done singing and vocal training her whole life, she wouldn't be the outspoken, confident, vivacious person she is today, and that it has taught her how to unlock the "power, grace, and beauty" within herself. She'll be studying Acting, Performance and Voice at Millikin University in IL this fall. Congratulations Eva! |
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2020
Madilyn Spear The scholarship was awarded virtually via pre-recorded video on May 20th, 2020. Madilyn was an integral part of Framingham High School's theater and performing arts program. She first found her love of theater and voice at age 6, when she performed a lead in The Wizard of Oz. Since then she has been taking voice lessons and performing, and has been studying the "bel canto" technique. She made the semifinal round of the CS Vocal Competition her last two years of high school, won the first place Endowed Scholarship at the Interlochen Arts Camp, and also won the Maddy Summer Artist Award. Madilyn is pursuing a BFA/BM in Musical Theater/Vocal Performance at Oklahoma City University. Congratulations Madilyn! |
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2019
Mary Bogue The very first recipient of the Peter Furlong Vocal Performance Scholarship was Mary Bogue! She entered Simmons College in 2019 studying Vocal Performance and Psychology. In glowing praise, Framingham High stated that Mary is a lovely young lady, and very talented both vocally and musically. She performed in Mary Poppins in the fall of 2018, which was well received. She also made it into the finals for the FHS Poetry Slam competition. She exhausted Framingham High's theater and music curriculum after her junior year, and did an independent study in music during her senior year. Framingham High expects great things from her! Congratulations Mary! |
About the Peter Furlong Vocal Performance Scholarship.
Each year, the scholarship awards $300 to a graduating Framingham High Senior with plans to pursue a college degree in vocal performance and demonstrates great aptitude, passion, and drive for a career in music. The scholarship recipient is selected by the Fine/Performing Arts Department Faculty of Framingham High School and was approved by the Framingham School Committee in March, 2019.
The most sincere thanks and gratitude are extended to Mr Greg Rotatori, without whom this scholarship would never have happened.
Help us raise funds.
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Each year, the scholarship awards $300 to a graduating Framingham High Senior with plans to pursue a college degree in vocal performance and demonstrates great aptitude, passion, and drive for a career in music. The scholarship recipient is selected by the Fine/Performing Arts Department Faculty of Framingham High School and was approved by the Framingham School Committee in March, 2019.
The most sincere thanks and gratitude are extended to Mr Greg Rotatori, without whom this scholarship would never have happened.
Help us raise funds.
To donate by cheque:
- Write your cheque (in whatever dollar amount) to “The Peter Furlong Vocal Performance Scholarship”
- Send your cheque to the City Treasurer's office (150 Concord Street, Room 111, Framingham, MA 01702)
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