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LUCIO TOMASI MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
About the Scholarship
This scholarship fund was created in memory of Church Street School for Music & Art alumnus Lucio Tomasi. This merit scholarship honors Lucio's legacy as a skilled up and coming jazz drummer who shone bright during his time with us through his immense skill and kind spirit. This fund will provide tuition for two semesters for a Tribeca Jazz Institute student. Click here to donate in support!*
Who is this Scholarship for?
The Lucio Tomasi Memorial Scholarship is for pre-professional adult jazz musicians with a demonstrated skill level in their chosen instrument and commitment to learning from the modern greats of NYC jazz. This scholarship is based on merit.
How to Apply:
Students eligible for the Lucio Tomasi Memorial Scholarship are nominated by Church Street School's Tribeca Jazz Institute Artistic Director Grant Stewart, Tribeca Jazz Institute Assistant Director Chris Byars, and CSSMA Executive Director Dr. Chrissie Placilla.
Nominees must submit the following to our panel of judges to be considered:
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A video audition
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A letter of interest, written by the applicant in their own words, expressing why music, and this scholarship, are important to them.
A single prize is awarded annually.
* All donations made to this fund will directly and exclusively support scholarship recipients.
About
Lucio Tomasi
Tom Goodkind, (December 7th, 1953 – February 28th, 2019) was the ultimate multi-hyphenate, a Grammy-nominated musician, affordable housing activist, CPA, CFO, award winning community leader, club promoter, husband, father & CSSMA community member.
A longtime resident of Battery Park City, Tom was passionate about the tackling issues facing his neighbors and friends, and dogged in his mission to better the lives of others. This drive made him a key neighborhood leader who strove to leave his community better than he found it.
“He was a persistent, passionate advocate for housing affordability, and booster of local public schools. In service of each cause he cared about, Mr. Goodkind became known both for dogged perseverance and impish wit.” Wrote the late Robert Simko in The Broadsheet. For his work in the community Tom was given the Battery Park City Neighbor of the Year Award.
Lucio Participating in a 2024 Tribeca Jazz Institute Jam Session.