{"id":267744,"date":"2026-08-18T21:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/267744\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:16:08","slug":"berks-sinfonietta-to-showcase-student-musicians-at-annual-scholarship-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/267744\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks Sinfonietta to showcase student musicians at annual scholarship concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/berksweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_6522.jpeg\" data-caption=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_6522-696x464.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_6522\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Berks Sinfonietta will spotlight two local student musicians during its annual <a href=\"https:\/\/berkssinfonietta.org\/concert\/brahms-1-and-scholarship-competition-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scholarship Competition Concert<\/a> on Saturday, Aug. 22, in Wyomissing, following a fundraiser at Judy\u2019s on Cherry in Reading earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>The concert, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church, will feature scholarship recipients Joshua Griffith and Grace Campling performing alongside Berks Sinfonietta.<\/p>\n<p>Griffith will perform the first movement of Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Cello Concerto, while Campling will perform the first two movements of Serge Koussevitzky\u2019s Concerto for Double Bass. Each student will receive a $500 scholarship in recognition of their achievement.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s scholarship awards and performances are being supported by Customers Bank and the Reading Musical Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the concert, Judy\u2019s on Cherry will host \u201cPasta with a Performance\u201d from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at 30 S. Fourth St. in Reading.<\/p>\n<p>Held during the restaurant\u2019s Chef\u2019s Feature Pasta night, the fundraiser will include performances by Campling on double bass and Jillian Crotty on French horn. Ten percent of proceeds from the evening will be donated to Berks Sinfonietta\u2019s 2027 scholarship fund. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opentable.com\/r\/judys-and-on-cherry-reading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reservations are highly recommended.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are absolutely thrilled to host \u2018Pasta With A Performance\u2019 in support of Berks Sinfonietta\u2019s 2027 scholarship fund,\u201d said Karlee, general manager of Judy\u2019s on Cherry and The Speckled Hen. \u201cThe arts are a vital piece of education that build discipline, empathy, and community connection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karlee said the event combines food and music while helping local students continue their musical pursuits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to do our part to give back to the students in our local communities, and by combining great food with incredible music, we aim to increase the amount of money in next year\u2019s scholarship fund so these local students can continue to pursue their musical journeys,\u201d Karlee said.<\/p>\n<p>The Aug. 22 concert, titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/berkssinfonietta.org\/concert\/brahms-1-and-scholarship-competition-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brahms 1 and Scholarship Competition Winners<\/a>,\u201d will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Atonement Lutheran Church in Wyomissing.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the concert, tickets and upcoming Berks Sinfonietta performances is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/berkssinfonietta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">berkssinfonietta.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berks Sinfonietta will spotlight two local student musicians during its annual Scholarship Competition Concert on Saturday, Aug. 22,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-267744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}