NMTA Thomas Ediger High School Scholarship Winner
Katie Ramos, student of Dr. Florencia Zuloaga at Omaha Conservatory of Music
- In 2021 and 2023, the judge requested the ability to give two high school scholarships, which the board granted.
- In 2025, we began offering three high school scholarships, one in piano, one in strings, and one in voice/other instruments. If there are no recipients in one category, we give the judge the option of offering a second scholarship in the category with the most applicants, which was piano in 2025.
NMTA Thomas Ediger Collegiate Scholarship Winners
| Year | High School Winner | High School Teacher | Collegiate Winner | Collegiate Teacher |
| 2019 | None | none | Yimeng Xu | Dr. Washington Garcia, UNO |
| 2020 | Alina Hatfield (piano) | Anne Madison | Hannah Leddy | Dr. Angela Miller-Niles, Wayne State College |
| 2021 | Larissa Myers (violin) Alexis Nothelfer (piano) | Ruth Meints Anne Madison | Edith Hickman | Dr. Kristin Taylor, UNO |
| 2022 | Emeline Burton (viola) | Ruth Meints | Anna Renard | Dr. Kristin Taylor, UNO |
| 2023 | Elisabeth (Libby) Meade (viola) Nathan Liu (piano) | Ruth Meints Anne Madison | Joshua Miller | Dr. Kristin Taylor, UNO |
| 2024 | Katie Ramos (piano) | Dr. Florencia Zuloaga | Natalie McNamara | Dr. Kristin Taylor, UNO |
| 2025 | Piano: Bennett Lambelet Nicole Liu Strings: Pauline Lee Voice/Other Instruments: No applicants | Dr. Bryan Stanley Anne Madison Ruth Meints none | Spencer Feldman | Dr. Kristin Taylor, UNO |
Application:
Scholarship applicants must submit the following information (items 1-8), clearly organized by category, as a SINGLE PDF document:
NMTA has honored Dr. Thomas Ediger by establishing high school and collegiate scholarships to be awarded annually through the funds he so generously left to NMTA. These one-time, $1000 scholarships recognize the musical study, musical achievement, musical contributions, and good citizenship of high school seniors and college students studying with a current member of NMTA. For more information and application instructions, please click on the links below.
Please refer to the pdf’s linked below for instructions.