We are pleased to announce that Carly Goins is the winner of the 2020 Katherine Jameson Piano scholarship, named for CMSP’s first piano teacher, who taught at the Community Music School of the Piedmont for nearly 20 years. Carly is an 8th grader at The Hill School and has studied piano for seven years with Eberle Damron at CMSP.
In her application essay, Carly wrote that music and the piano have played a major role in her life. “I think music is really beneficial for kids to learn. It has not only been fun to learn but has helped me in school as well. I believe that the study of music is very valuable to undertake and that anyone can learn from it. It’s especially important that kids become involved in it, as it will help them in various ways as they grow older. I am so glad to have been taking piano lessons at this time and intend to carry on my interest in music through high school, college, and hopefully someday into a career.”
Her teacher, Ms. Damron, relates, “Carly’s personality is gregarious, engaging, and gleeful. She is also self-motivated to do the hard core study work with her academics. In piano, this work is sight reading and theory. She advanced several levels last summer because of her choice to concentrate on these skills and broaden her range of possibilities with piano repertoire and theoretical understanding."
Congratulations Carly!!!