Nelson Zane Four-Year Award

Four-year high school students will be honored with the Nelson Zane Music Award for four years of participation in the High School Honors Concert.

The awards ceremony will be during the Honors Concert intermission.

Please inform your directors if you are a four year student. All Four Year Students will be emailed an invitation to apply for the Nelson Zane Memorial Scholarship.

The name sake of the Nelson Zane four-year award, Mr. Nelson Zane, passed away in February of 2011. His family has started the Nelson Zane Memorial Scholarship award in his honor. All four-year Honors Students are eligible to apply. One $500 scholarship will be awarded. Accepted four-year students will receive information via email on how to apply.

2026 Nelson Zane Award Recipients

Band

Ishaan Ajay - Lincoln High School

Santo Avalos - Lincoln High School

Drew Bellinger - Escalon High School

Kari Marshall - Ripon High School

Kaylee Randall - Ripon High School

Julian Rayray - Lincoln High School

Emilia Sousa - Escalon High School

Kaylee Villagomez - Lincoln High School

Choir

Brenden Berchtold - Escalon High School

Sidney Clark - Lincoln High School

Carly Martinez - Lincoln High School

James Robinson - Lincoln High School

Lauren Vang - McNair High School

Orchestra

Ava Calibuso - Mountain House High School

Jared Chang - Lincoln High School

Goonj Gautam - West High School

Nina Cassandra Gonzales - Cesar Chavez High School

Devika Nair Krishna - Mountain House High School

Jacob Magpoc - Mountain House High School

Sabrina Olsen - Mountain House High School

Annabelle Tie - Mountain House Suzuki Strings

Emilie Valles - Ripon High School