Congratulations to the following teachers who received SAA Teacher Development Scholarships during 2006.

Bass:
Nicoline Asberg (Holland)—The String Centre
Carlos Bisurgi (Argentina)

Cello:
Maria Eugenia Basili (Argentina)
Nicolas Basualdo (Argentina)
Anita Hwang (IL)—Adam Lesinsky Memorial Scholarship
Patricia Pasmanter (Argentina)
Daniela Fernanda Schuster (Argentina)
Edward Stone (Paraguay)
Allison Warrian (Canada)
Isaac Watras (OH)—Morris Offman Memorial Scholarship

Flute:
Fernando Luis Formigo (Argentina)
Jean Madsen (CO)
Amity Mitchell (Canada)
Gia Sastre (IL)
Wendy Stern (NY)—Heidi Kennel Memorial Scholarship
Kelly Watson (NY)

Guitar:
Elina Chekan (WI)—Shar Products
Enrique Gule (Argentina)
Silvina Liliana López (Argentina)
Carolina Maino (Argentina)
Augusto Ramírez Kostal (Paraguay)
Guillermo Alberto Re (Argentina)

Piano:
Celeste Acevedo (Paraguay)
Alicia Campastro (Argentina)
Hee-Young Chae (MA)—Yamaha Corporation of America
Ana Carolina Dyjament (Argentina)
Andrea María Gallo (Argentina)
Paola Rosa Gasparro (Argentina)
Keely Perrin (WA)—Sibelius USA
Santiago Alberto Rojas Huespe (Argentina)
Dilva Isabel Sánchez Mejía (Colombia)
Rebecca Thoennes (CT)—Jeanne Beile Memorial Scholarship
Diana Yahya (CA)
Kyoko Yurugi (MA)—Alberta Denk Memorial Scholarship

Viola:
Dominic DeStefano (OH)
Antulio Duboy (PA)—Howard Core Company LLC
Rebekah Hanson (OR)—Arline Hunter Memorial Scholarship
Samara Humbert (OR)—Peter Zaret and Sons Violins Inc.
Marie Olsen (UT)—David Einfeldt Memorial Scholarship

Violin:
Maria Florencia Araujo (Argentina)
Melissa Borer (IA)
Jose Maria Calvo Dolsa (Paraguay)
Carlos Salcedo Centurion (Paraguay)
Meghan Coil (PA)
Betsy Liliana Cote (OH)—Super-Sensitive Musical String Co.
Zorica Dimova (LA)—Margery Aber Memorial Scholarship
Nancy Paola Franco Alcaraz (Paraguay)
Mariana Alarcon Galmarini (Argentina)
Elin Theres Glave Orstadius (Argentina)
Elizabeth Gue (WA)
Maria Silvia Isleno (Argentina)
Daniel Jenkins (GA)—Milton Goldberg Memorial Scholarship
Catherine Johnson (MD)—Yvonne Tait Memorial Scholarship
Edilene Kiepper Lopes (Brasil)
Maria Lorcas (VA)
Erika Lord-Castillo (OR)—Joe Cleveland Memorial Scholarship
Eduardo Ludueña (Argentina)
Alexia Luscher (HI)
Armine Nerkararyan (CA)—Clifford Cook Memorial Scholarship
Regina Olexa (IA)—J. D’addario & Co. Inc.
Tatiana Paciello (Brasil)
Marisa Rolon Patino (Paraguay)
Erin Rushforth (CA)—Thomastik-Infeld/Connolly & Co.
Patricia Esther Schaikis (Argentina)
Stacy Smith (UT)—Southwest Strings
Christine Snipes (CA)
J. Faith Solano (MN)—CodaBow International Ltd.
Leila Trindade (KY)—Alfred Music
Lara Turrisi Otero (Argentina)
Gregorio Francisco Juan Wilkinson Hassler (Argentina)

Many thanks to the 2006 Scholarship Committee (Chair Virginia Dixon, Yasuko Joichi, Sarah Smith and Janis Wittrig) who processed the applications for North American institutes and long-term training and the various additional SAA volunteers who assisted with Latin American Scholarship allocations.