Please note: Applications must be postmarked by Friday, January 13, 2006.
No exceptions!

Awards

Three awards—$5,000, $3,000, and $2,000—will be given for tuition and books.

Eligibility

• Eligible: Graduating seniors enrolled in any high school within the boundaries of the cities of Richland, Pasco, Kennewick, Finley, Burbank, or Kiona-Benton School Districts
• Elilgible: Columbia Basin College students
• It is not necessary to be a music major, but you must be involved in music now.
• Financial need is not a requirement.

Requirements

• Minimum GPA of 2.0
• Talent and potential in instrumental or vocal music
• Continuation of music studies during the academic year in which the award is received (music major not necessary)
• Career orientation, academic excellence, and demonstrated social, civic, and personal responsibility

Application Process

• Student obtains application from any public high school counseling office, OR from Baker Boyer Bank Tri-Cities Trust Office at 735-5156, OR from Carma Kimball, Battelle Performing Arts Business Center, 716 Jadwin, Richland, 943-ARTS.
• Student completes the application and makes audition tapes or CDs (information about tapes/CDs is in the application).
• Student attaches copy of transcripts to application.
• Student submits completed application to music instructor for addition of confidential written recommendation.
• Music instructor mails or drops off the application, transcripts, CDs/tapes and letter of recommendation to:

Baker Boyer Bank Investment Management and Trust Services
Attn: Kimberly Gothel
7601 West Clearwater, Suite 404
Kennewick, WA 99336
Phone: (509) 783-6800
Hours: 8-5, Monday through Friday

Applications must be postmarked by January 14, 2006.

Selection Process

• The Selection Committee reviews applications, tapes, and CDs.
• The Committee chooses selected applicants to interview by February 15.
• The Committee hears a live 10-minute performance of invited applicants at the Robert W. Richardson Annual Recital, at the Columbia Basin College Theatre in March. The public is invited to this free concert.
• The Committee makes its award decisions and notifies the recipients.

About the Robert W. Richardson Scholarship

Robert W. Richardson, a Tri-Citian almost all his life, was said to have lived "with a song on his lips and music in his heart." When he died at age 77 on September 2, 1990, his love of music was passed along through a scholarship fund to benefit Tri-Cities-area student musicians. The annual Robert Richardson Recital concert, part of the scholarship selection process, celebrates some of the area's best student musical talent.