Lynn Ellen Sullivan Kelly Memorial Scholarship for High School Juniors ($1,000)
Addison Tony Fuller, soprano (student of Makaila Rodriguez)
Addison Tony Fuller
Addison Tony Fuller is a junior at Glenpool High School. She has studied music for four years, starting with clarinet in band in sixth grade. She joined choir in eighth grade and has taken private music lessons for a year. Ms. Fuller is captain of the school speech and debate team. She plans to attend Glenpool High School and Tulsa Community College through concurrent enrollment in the next academic year and to study law and music in college.
Miriam Spindler Lynch Scholarship for High School Juniors ($500)
Rachel Xiang, piano (student of Jennifer Mihee Song)
Rachel Xiang
Rachel Xiang, sixteen years old, is a junior at Edmond North High School and has studied piano since age five. Her recent achievements include a 2025 Oklahoma Education Award for Art Excellence and top placement in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Young Musician Competition, Kuleshov International Piano Competition, Music Teachers National Association state competition, and Oklahoma Music Teachers Association senior competition. For Ms. Xiang, the piano is a powerful means of self-expression. Through her musical journey, she has developed discipline, perseverance, and confidence in performing. She believes hard work and dedication always lead to growth. Ms. Xiang enjoys reading, photography, and playing viola.
Hyechka Vocal Scholarship for High School Seniors ($4,000)
Matthew Livingston, baritone-bass (student of Lydia Gray)
Matthew Livingston
Matthew Livingston is a senior at Jenks High School, where is he is involved in choir, show choir, and the school’s annual musicals. He has studied voice privately for five years. He intends to pursue a degree in vocal performance.
Debbi Turner Memorial Woodwind Scholarship for High School Seniors ($1,000)
Jane Heard Clinton Scholarship for High School Seniors ($6,000)
Hunter McCracken, oboe (student of Elizabeth Henderson)
Hunter McCracken
Hunter McCracken is an eighteen-year-old senior at Elgin High School in southwestern Oklahoma. He has played oboe for seven years. He has been in the Oklahoma Music Educators Association all-state ensembles for two years, has attended Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, and is a member of the Oklahoma Youth Orchestra. McCracken plans to study music in college.
Laven Sowell Collegiate Vocal Scholarship
Second place ($1,000): Marissa Hirschy, mezzo-soprano (student of Lydia Gray)
Marissa Hirschy
Marissa Hirschy is a senior at Oral Roberts University majoring in music production. She has also stayed in pursuit of her love for classical performance. Having been raised in Germany for ten years, she has had the opportunity to perform on a variety of stages. After graduation, Ms. Hirschy plans to work as a teacher and producer.
Laven Sowell Collegiate Vocal Scholarship
First place ($1,500): Abrianna DeLeón, soprano (student of Judith Pannill Raiford)
Abrianna DeLeón
Abrianna DeLeón is a senior at the University of Tulsa who will graduate in December 2025 with a bachelor of arts degree in vocal music and a minor in education. She is a proud member of the TU Capella Chamber Singers, through which she shares her passion for performance. She plans to become a high school choir director so she can inspire future generations. Eventually, Ms. DeLeón hopes to earn a doctorate in music to deepen her knowledge and further share the transformative power of music.
Robert Heckman Memorial Collegiate Orchestral Scholarship
Second place ($1,000): Christa Naber, bass trombone (student of Paul Compton)
Christa Naber
Christa Naber, originally from McKinney, Texas, is a senior music performance major at Oklahoma State University. She performed with the Escuela de Musica youth orchestra No. 9901 as a winner of the 2022 Trombonanza Concerto Competition in Santa Fe, Argentina, and with the OSU Symphony Orchestra as a winner of the 2023–2024 concerto competition. Ms. Naber plans to continue her education at a graduate school in fall 2025.
Robert Heckman Memorial Collegiate Orchestral Scholarship
First place ($1,500): Luke Weatherly, trombone (student of Paul Compton)
Luke Weatherly
Luke Weatherly is from Paris, Tennessee. He is in the first year of a master of music program and is a teaching assistant in the trombone studio at Oklahoma State University. He received his bachelor’s degree in trombone performance in 2023 from Murray State University, where he studied with Dr. Li Kuang and Dr. Megan Bautin.
Patti Johnson Wilson Collegiate Piano Scholarship
Second place ($1,000): Brysen Norman, piano (student of Thomas Lanners)
Brysen Norman
Brysen Norman is a freshman at Oklahoma State University. As a lifelong musician, he has developed several additional musical interests, including guitar, drums, and music production. He is working on several original projects in his home recording studio.
Patti Johnson Wilson Collegiate Piano Scholarship
First place ($2,000): Ruotong (Jennifer) Zhang, piano (student of Thomas Lanners)
Ruotong (Jennifer) Zhang
Ruotong (Jennifer) Zhang, graduate student at Oklahoma State University, is originally from Chengdu, Sichuan, China. She began to study piano at age four and received multiple first prizes in the Chengdu Arts Talent Selection Competition. In 2014, she won first place in the youth category of the Ville de Gagny international piano competition in Paris, France. She was a member of her school’s symphony orchestra and performed a concerto at Chengdu Jiaozi Concert Hall. From 2015 to 2018, Ms. Zhang participated in the Daugavpils Music Festival every summer, performing concertos with local orchestras. She has won first place in the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association piano competition, first prize in the collegiate piano category of the Ladies Music Club of Oklahoma City, and second place for the Hyechka Club Wilson scholarship in 2023. In 2024, she was a winner of the OSU Symphony Orchestra concerto competition. She is scheduled to perform on April 15 as winner of the Oklahoma Community Orchestra Young Artist Competition. Ms. Zhang has also participated in master classes with several esteemed pianists.
2025 Hyechka's Sckholarship winners - Group picture
(from left to right):
Rachel Xiang, Matthew Livingston, Hunter McCracken, Marissa Hirschy,
Abrianna DeLeón, Christa Naber, Luke Weatherly, Ruotong (Jennifer) Zhang
| Judges for Hyechka Club scholarship audition
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| Ron Predl, University of Tulsa | Dr. Stuart Deaver, University of Tulsa |
| Lydia Gray, Oral Roberts University | Dr. Hayuong Lim, Oral Roberts University |
| Judges for Hyechka Club scholarship audition | ||
| Patricia Duncan, chairman | ||
| Nancy Henry | Pope Kingsley | Clara Murphree |
| Hyechka Club program committee
Hazel Rowena Mills, chairman |
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| Holly Breese Cinocca | Beth Herrington |
| Karen Finley Gingrich | Sarah Breese McCoy |
| Amanda Hardy | Brady McElligott |
All Hyechka musicales are free and open to the public.