Martin Luther King Day of Service – 2026
Martin Luther King Day of Service
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January 2026 Cecelia Scholar: Arlet Tabares
Arlet Tabares is a Cuban French horn player pursuing her DMA at Temple University. She has performed with the San Antonio Orchestra, Symphony in C, the Cuban National Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador and the Orquesta del Lyceum Mozartiano de La Habana.She is a founding member of Havana Horns and has appeared on several recordings, including Mozart y Mambo with Sarah Willis (Alpha Classics 2020) and the Cubadisco Award-winning Libre de Pecado by Beatriz Márquez (Colibrí 2018). Upcoming releases […]
December 2025 Cecelia Scholar: Meghan Woodard
Meghan Woodard enjoys a rich career as an oboist, oboe professor and scholar based in the Greater Philadelphia area. Meghan is a sought-after orchestral and chamber musician on oboe, English horn, and Baroque oboe. She regularly performs with the Reading Symphony Orchestra, Symphony in C, the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, and is a member of Revolution Winds—an internationally-performing woodwind quintet known for musical activism and recent residencies at the Aruba Symphony Festival and Drexel University. […]
November 2025 Cecelia Scholar: Zora Evangeline
Praised by South Florida Classical Review for her “vivacious” playing, harpist Zora Evangeline is a dynamic and multi-faceted musician. She currently studies at Boyer College of Music at Temple University, where she studies with Elizabeth Hainen, Principal Harpist of The Philadelphia Orchestra. In addition to her studies, Zora has a vibrant freelance career. She frequently performs with professional orchestras across the nation including the New World Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Allentown Symphony, and Maryland Symphony, and has attended several prestigious music festivals including Orford […]
SKS CYO Basketball is Now Open!
SKS CYO Basketball is now open for students in 5th through 12th grades. The registration link can be found below. SKS CYO Basketball is open to students currently enrolled at SKS or those participating in PREP/CCD at SKS, OLA, or St. Isaac Jogues.
Registration Link: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/500285
SKS Hoops team store: https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/SKSBASK25
Important Updates
- This year, we are changing our player evaluation process. There will be no callbacks; please see the details below.
- Registration closes on November 1 for 5th through 8th grades. High School registration […]
Sept./Oct. 2026 Cecelia Scholar: Sarah Connors
Clarinetist and bass clarinetist Sarah Connors is obtaining her Master’s Degree in Clarinet Performance at Temple University as a student of Paul R. Demers. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory/Composition and Clarinet Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, studying with Bixby Kennedy, Romie de Guise-Langlois, and Salvatore Macchia.
Sarah can be heard on the album “Synchronous,” recorded by Greg Spiridopoulos and the UMass Wind Ensemble, and the upcoming. An avid supporter of new music, she […]
HABEMUS PAPAM!
Habemus Papam! We have a Pope! This has certainly been an exciting – and, indeed, historic – time for the Universal Church as 132 cardinals from 70 countries around the world started meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect our next pope on 7 May. And, after just four ballots, so many of us watched excitedly as white smoke billowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel just after noon on the second day. I don’t know about you, but I certainly […]
April/May 2025 Cecelia Scholar: Tessa Ellis
Tessa Ellis has been preoccupied with the sound of the trumpet since she first heard the instrument as a four-year-old. Inspired by a lifelong drive to create new and nuanced sounds, her work spans orchestral, chamber, and experimental music. Recent highlights include tours with Hans Zimmer Live, Star Trek: The Cruise, and performances with Seraph Brass, the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra, Kennett Symphony, and the Delaware Symphony. She is a founding member of the Arcana New Music Ensemble and frequently collaborates across
genres with […]
