We would like to congratulate our scholarship award winners for this year:

Volkwein Memorial Scholarship
Jennifer Brush, senior from Rutgers University

Martha Ann Stark Memorial Scholarship (by Linda Moorhouse/Frank Wickes)
Elizabeth Teucke junior from Ithaca College

Charlotte Plummer Owen Memorial Scholarship (sponsored by Susan Bisiri)
Dana Chicoine, senior from Elmhurst College

Gladys Stone Wright Scholarship
Amy Rischling, junior from University of Nebraksa, Lincoln

Patricia Garren Scholarship in memory of Kathryn Siphers and Lorraine Paris
Lauren Denney Wright, 2nd year Doctoral Student from University of Miami

Paula Thornton Scholarship
Molly Morton, junior from Otterbein College

Ladies of the Podium Scholarship (in memory of Kathy Schmidt)
Kathryn Lyphout, senior from Western Illinois University
Kristen Cummings, first year grad, student from University of Washington
Rebeca Rosales, junior from University of Texas, El Paso

Diane Gorzycki Memorial Scholarship
Whitney Vincel, junior from Appalacian State University

The Women Band Directors International (WBDI) was officially chartered on December 18, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois as the Women Band Directors National Association. In December 1997, the organization officially adopted the current name, and in December 2006 we celebrated our 37th anniversary at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago.

WBDI is an organization in which every woman band director is represented at the international level regardless of the length of her experience, or the level at which she works. It is the only international organization for women band directors, and is intended to serve as an association which supports, promotes, and mentors women in the band field.