Congrats to this year’s winners of the Anne Walker music scholarships!

Local 802 awarded $3,000 each to Gabriel Roth, Annamaria Witek and Seven (Talia) Finckel.

The Local 802 Anne Walker Scholarship honors a fiery advocate for musicians whose more than 30 years of work at 802 were cut short by a tragic automobile accident in 1996. At the time, Anne Walker was administrative assistant to the president, supervisor of the Music Prep Department and administrator of the Local 802 Sick Pay Fund. A membership meeting subsequently adopted a bylaw establishing the scholarship fund.

To be eligible, you must be a Local 802 member in good standing or the child of a member in good standing, and you must be currently a senior in high school who will attend an institution of higher learning to complete a degree in music or a related field OR any current student at an institution of higher learning who is pursuing an undergraduate degree in music or a related field.

Next year’s applications will be due by May 1, 2025. The application is here.