Using proceeds from its annual concerts, the Charleston Men’s Chorus awards a total of $10,000 in music scholarships each year to students pursuing a degree in vocal music or choral conducting at Charleston Southern University and the College of Charleston.

 Two students from Charleston Southern received scholarships.

 Aaron Cates of Charleston (below right) is a sophomore majoring in music education with a choral emphasis. Cates is a tenor in the Singing Buccaneers and Concert Singers and recently joined the Palmetto Vocal Project, an acapella men’s barbershop group in Mount Pleasant. Cates plans on looking for a job as a choir director for a few years, attending graduate school to obtain his master’s degree in choral conducting and conducting choirs on the high school or collegiate level.

Robert “Tanner” Nix of Goose Creek ( above left) is a junior majoring in music. He is a member of the Singing Buccaneers, Concert Singers,Charleston Southern Lyric Theatre and the Summit Church worship team. He has been in a number of musicals including HelloDolly and Little Shop of Horrors. After graduating he plans on teaching music in a public school and eventually getting a master’s in administration. With a passion for music and the people of God, his purpose has been to use his talents to make Christ evident in every avenue of his life with an emphasis on teaching and leading worship.

 Jordan Dean Boyd and Garrett Campbell of the College of Charleston also received
scholarships.

The Charleston Men’s Chorus is a nonprofit 70-man ensemble devoted to entertaining the tri-county area with the striking harmonies of its male
choral music.  The group has been singing under the direction of Lon H. Shull III since 1994, and is under the direction
of Interim Director Ricard Bordas, of the CSU Horton School of Music, for the current performance season.