LACW Scholarship Committee Chair Bryan Fearey, left, with 2024 LACW ‘Music-Filled Life’ Scholarship winners from Los Alamos High School, from left, John Cawkwell, Jamie Meana, Nathan McCulloch and Anna Miller. Photo by Maureen Connolly

LACW News:

The Los Alamos Community Winds (LACW) has announced this year’s scholarship winners for 2024 at their Spring Concert Performance on May 11, 2024. The LACW scholarship recognizes graduating Los Alamos High School (LAHS) seniors who demonstrate a strong commitment to having a Music-Filled Life by continuing to play instrumental music now and into the future.

LACW’s scholarship winners are:

• John Cawkwell: a talented guitarist performing in the LAHS Jazz 1 group, and within the LAHS Jazz Project, where he learned improv.  He plans to continue to play throughout his college career as he studies physics at UC Berkeley in California.
• Jamie Meana: a talented and versatile musician, playing euphonium, trombone, and piano, while also providing audio/video recording for local musical productions.  Jamie plans to study animation at the Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida.
• Anna Miller: an outstanding flutist and the Section Leader for the LAHS Symphonic Band and Marching Band.  She plans on continue to play throughout her college career at the University of Idaho as she figures out her major to possibly be music.
• Nathan McColloch: percussionist in the LAHS Band, lead drummer for LAHS Jazz 1 and plays in the Jazz Project. Nathan plans to continue to play in college marching and jazz bands, as he studies Criminal Justice and Law at Eastern New Mexico University in New Mexico.

“We look forward to hearing how each of these scholars sustain music as they move forward in the next phase of their life.’ –LACW