MILWAUKEE -- Seven Milwaukee Public Schools students have won scholarships to help them study piano at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music for the 2012-13 school year.
Each of the students earned their Mary Horwitt Piano Scholarships by submitting an audio tape of a performance, writing a personal statement and acquiring a letter of recommendation from their piano teacher or other adult. They also played piano at an audition this past spring at the Conservatory.
MPS students in grades 5 through 11 were eligible.
The scholarship winners are: