Photo Gallery
Aubrey Plass on stage at the 2026 Shirley Martin Scholarship reception, performing her entry "Days In Between"
Edward Lazar on stage at the 2026 Shirley Martin Scholarship reception, performing his entry "Last Chance"
Owen Metz on stage at the 2026 Shirley Martin Scholarship reception, having just performed his entry "Rendezvous"
2026 Metzger Award co-recipients Jo Kincanon (middle left) of McCutcheon High School and Bess Witcosky (middle right) from Joyful Journey, with SAMI representatives Scott Greeson (left) and Nelu Lazar (right)
From left to right, Frank Safranek, Scott Greeson, Sam Bennett and David Inskeep. Sam gave a small speech during the reception thanking David and Frank for their service to SAMI
2026 Shirley Martin Scholarship finalists; from left to right, Aubrey Plass, Claireen Cheng, Greta Schap, and Samantha Valente
Anita performs her song "Sing! The Lord is Come!" with SAMI members singing and playing along at our December 16, 2025 meeting
David Sparks performing a song in an unusual meter at SAMI on December 16, 2025. David recently released an album called Entropy and Love, which you can find online and buy on vinyl!