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Music Major Wins St. Andrew's Scholarship
Catharine Clarke '03, a music major intent on a career as an opera singer, has won a coveted scholarship to study in Scotland next year. Clarke, the daughter of music professor Garry Clarke and Melissa Naul Clarke '75, was ranked first among 18 finalists in the regional competition sponsored by The St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia.
The St. Andrew's Society awarded Clarke one of four $12,000 scholarships given each year to support the study of Scottish culture, arts, history and heritage at Scottish universities. Clarke has chosen to study languages, art history and voice at the University of St. Andrew's.
Donald McColl, assistant professor of art history, served as Washington College's liaison and coordinator of the St. Andrew's Scholarship program, and guided Clarke through the application and interview process. Applicants from schools including Swarth-more, Haverford and Pennsylvania State University were judged on academic performance, extracurricular activities, defined course of study and strength of character.
"Washington College is very proud of Catharine, as both a music major and an art minor," said McColl. "She competed against some of the very best students from the Mid-Atlantic region and proved that our students and academic departments truly compare with the best."
Clarke is thrilled at the prospect of studying abroad. "I'm excited to be able to live in a foreign country and to be able to study and concentrate on other things I'm interested in, particularly languages that are so important for the study of music. I'll be taking Russian, second-year Italian and German literature."
She also intends to catch up with friends and family, and do some traveling. "I have a friend who goes to school in Switzerland, my great-uncle lives in Spain, and we have family friends in England," she says. "I'm sure it will be a wonderful experience."
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