Foundation offers musical arts scholarships

Dr. José Santana de la Rosa, president of the “Tony” Santana Foundation, with scholarship recipients Gabriela Rodríguez Quiñones, Lyann S. Delgado Figueroa and Fabiola Muñoz Ortiz.

By The Star Staff

Dr. José Santana de la Rosa, president of the “Tony” Santana Foundation, announced on Tuesday the start of a scholarship program for outstanding students in the musical arts studying at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music in Santurce.

“In this new scholarship program, the Foundation is providing financial support to three young women who have excelled in their studies,” Santana de la Rosa said in a press release. “The subjects included are Music Education, Classical Music, … Jazz and Caribbean Music.”

The scholarship recipients are Lyann S. Delgado Figueroa, a violinist, in music education; Gabriela Rodríguez Quiñones, a flutist, in classical music; and Fabiola Muñoz Ortiz, a cuatro player, in jazz and Caribbean music.

Based on their achievements and need for financial support, the students were chosen by the school’s department directors through the conservatory’s associate dean of student affairs.

The Santana Foundation has also been supporting students from the International School of Hospitality and Culinary Arts at Ana G. Méndez University, which honors the name of José A. “Tony” Santana. It also supports students from the Business, Tourism and Entrepreneurship Division at UAGM.