Annual Scholarship

Each year, budget permitting, PCCB awards a $1,000 grant to a deserving high school senior planning to pursue a degree in music education. To be eligible for the grant, students must attend a high school represented by a current Pine Creek Community Band member and submit an application to the band in March. Members of the band then review the applications to determine which student will receive the grant. The grant, as well as a certificate, is presented at the student’s school award assembly.

Schools currently represented by band members include:

Shaler Area High School Lower Burrell High School

North Hills High School Pine Richland High School

North Allegheny High School Hampton High School

Seneca Valley High School Deer Lakes High School

Altoona High School

Awards have been made in previous years to:

Richard W. Freese (2003) North Hills High School

Lisa Belczyk (2002) North Hills High School

Michael P. Boscarino (2000) Seneca Valley High School

Christopher Marra (2001) Lower Burrell High School

Stefan J Kirin (1999) Shaler Area High School

Christine Howes (1998) North Allegheny High School

Laura Buchko (1997) Deer Lakes High School