Middle schooler wins memorial scholarship

Posted Wednesday, March 5, 2014 3:15 pm

William Dragovich, center, was awarded the Stefan B. Lichter Memorial Scholarship last week.

Courtesy Rockville Centre Schools

At the annual Rockville Centre School District Jazz Concert, eighth-grader William Dragovich was awarded the Stefan B. Lichter Memorial Scholarship. Dragovich plays the saxophone in the Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Band at South Side Middle School and has been selected for All-County each year since fifth grade. Currently he is taking the eighth grade music studio class where he is expanding his knowledge of music theory while composing a variety of short original pieces of music, including some in the jazz idiom.

The Stefan B. Lichter Memorial Scholarship was set up by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lichter in 1993, in memory of their late son, Stefan, who was an avid student musician and played the trombone in South Side’s Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble. Students may use their scholarship for lessons, a summer music program or for the purchase of an instrument.

Donations to the Stefan B. Lichter Memorial fund may be mailed to Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lichter, 8 Muirfield Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570.

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