{"id":104990,"date":"2025-02-26T09:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=104990"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:54:35","slug":"scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Scholarships Strike the Right Note for UMW Music Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Mary Washington senior Mima Manton decided at a young age that she was going to study music. Many members of her family were choral singers, her uncle played trombone, her sister learned flute and cello, and like her mother, Manton took up piano, flute and bassoon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_104995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104995\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"104995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\/mima-manton-25-vp-of-social-media-and-marketing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695946389&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Senior Mima Manton &amp;#8217;25\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Senior Mima Manton, who hails from England, is thankful for the scholarships she received at the University of Mary Washington, where she is a music major and performs in numerous ensembles, including the UMW Philharmonic and the University&amp;#8217;s new pep band. Photo by Karen Pearlman.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-240x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-104995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Senior Mima Manton, who hails from England, is thankful for the scholarships she received at the University of Mary Washington, where she is a music major and performs in numerous ensembles, including the UMW Philharmonic and the University's new pep band. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" width=\"250\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-240x300.jpg 240w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-819x1024.jpg 819w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-768x960.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Mima-Manton-25-VP-of-Social-Media-and-Marketing-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Mima Manton, who hails from England, is thankful for the scholarships she received at the University of Mary Washington, where she is a music major and performs in numerous ensembles, including the UMW Philharmonic and the University&#8217;s new pep band. Photo by Karen Pearlman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it came time to go to college, Manton wasn\u2019t sure where she wanted to go, but she did feel ready to spread her wings and fly far from home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always knew I wanted to study internationally,\u201d said Manton, who hails from the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield in England. A family friend helped her research American schools that offered music scholarships, which led her to UMW. \u201cI loved the size of Mary Washington, and after a Zoom meeting with all the music professors, I knew it was the right place for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Manton has since hit all the high notes, majoring in music and joining a slew of ensembles, including the UMW Philharmonic and woodwind chamber trio Aquila Venti. She can often be found at UMW Eagles basketball and volleyball games, serving as assistant director and lead singer with the University\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/umwpep\/\">pep band<\/a>. She\u2019s also a member of Mortar Board and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alumni.umw.edu\/s\/1588\/rd17\/interior.aspx?sid=1588&amp;gid=1&amp;pgid=1329\">Student Alumni Ambassadors<\/a> (SAA), welcoming alumni, donors and friends to events put on by UMW\u2019s Office of Advancement and Alumni Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for the chance to connect with the supporters who invest in our education,\u201d she said at UMW\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/blog\/2024\/11\/25\/umws-celebration-of-giving-generates-global-connections\/\">Celebration of Giving<\/a>\u00a0in November. The recipient of the Henry and Grace Spicer and James E. Baker University Community Orchestra scholarships, she said, \u201cI cannot stress enough that without these awards, I wouldn\u2019t be standing in front of you today.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/26\\\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 484px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"484\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 724px; height: 484px;\" data-original-width=\"724\" data-original-height=\"484\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\/photo-3-2\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"720\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"480\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104994\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1699246909&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3-300x200.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3-1024x683.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3.jpeg?w=720&#038;h=480&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3.jpeg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Photo-3-2048x1366.jpeg 2048w\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"720\" data-original-height=\"480\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Manton performing with the UMW Pep Band in front of Lee Hall on Election Day. Her performances and recordings on Spotify showcase a wide range of influences like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Jessie J and Dua Lipa. Photo courtesy of Mima Manton.\" style=\"width: 720px; height: 480px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Manton performing with the UMW Pep Band in front of Lee Hall on Election Day. Her performances and recordings on Spotify showcase a wide range of influences like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Jessie J and Dua Lipa. Photo courtesy of Mima Manton. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 376px; height: 484px;\" data-original-width=\"376\" data-original-height=\"484\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\/saa-group-shot\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"372\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"248\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104996\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1695948843&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot.jpg?w=372&#038;h=248&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot.jpg 1800w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/SAA-group-shot-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" width=\"372\" height=\"248\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"372\" data-original-height=\"248\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Manton (back row, right) and other members of the Student Alumni Ambassadors (SAA) pose for a photo outside the Jepson Alumni Executive Center. Manton serves as vice president of social media and marketing for the SAA program. Photo courtesy of Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 372px; height: 248px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Manton (back row, right) and other members of the Student Alumni Ambassadors (SAA) pose for a photo outside the Jepson Alumni Executive Center. Manton serves as vice president of social media and marketing for the SAA program. Photo courtesy of Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\/edited-mima-photo\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"372\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"228\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104997\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2234,1372\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1700662191&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo-300x184.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo-1024x629.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo.jpg?w=372&#038;h=228&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo.jpg 2234w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo-300x184.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo-1024x629.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo-768x472.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo-1536x943.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/02\/Edited-Mima-photo-2048x1258.jpg 2048w\" width=\"372\" height=\"228\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"372\" data-original-height=\"228\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Manton, who received the Henry and Grace Spicer and James E. Baker University Community Orchestra scholarships, expressed gratitude to her donors at the Celebration of Giving in November 2024. \u201cI cannot stress enough that without these awards, I wouldn\u2019t be standing in front of you today.\u201d Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 372px; height: 228px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Manton, who received the Henry and Grace Spicer and James E. Baker University Community Orchestra scholarships, expressed gratitude to her donors at the Celebration of Giving in November 2024. \u201cI cannot stress enough that without these awards, I wouldn\u2019t be standing in front of you today.\u201d Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h3>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/giving.umw.edu\/blog\/2025\/02\/25\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\/\">Giving.umw.edu<\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Mary Washington senior Mima Manton decided at a young age that she was going to study music. Many members of her family were choral singers, her uncle played trombone, her sister learned flute and cello, and like her mother, Manton took up piano, flute and bassoon. When it came time to go to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1236,"featured_media":104993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[15505,3914,15497,15288,15380,15289,15498,3407],"topics":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-104990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-commencement-2025","9":"tag-department-of-music","10":"tag-mortar-board","11":"tag-office-of-university-advancement-and-alumni-engagement","12":"tag-senior-stories","13":"tag-student-alumni-ambassadors","14":"tag-umw-pep-band","15":"tag-umw-philharmonic","16":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Scholarships Strike the Right Note for UMW Music Major - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/26\/scholarships-strike-the-right-note-for-umw-music-major\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scholarships Strike the Right Note for UMW Music Major\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"University of Mary Washington senior Mima Manton decided at a young age that she was going to study music. 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