Michael Masser Scholarships Awarded

Composer/producer of "The Greatest Love of All" congratulates award recipients

Songwriter Michael Masser (center) congratulates 2007 ASCAP Foundation Michael Maser Scholarship recipients Nico Bergmann (left) and Ali King (right) at McCallum Theatre's Open Call.

Simon Wiskowski, 2007 recipient of The ASCAP Foundation Michael Masser Scholarship, performs at McCallum Theatre's Open Call.

Saxophonist Simon Wiskowski, from Palm Desert, CA, was selected as one of the recipients of The 2007 ASCAP Foundation Michael Masser Scholarship. Simon will attend the University of Texas in Austin this fall. Two other 2007 recipients are opera singer Ali King of Palm Springs, CA, who will attend the University of Southern California, and Nico Bergmann, also from Palm Springs, who will study at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Hungary. These students were selected following their performances at the McCallum Theatre's Open Call, held on April 28 in Palm Desert, CA. Nico Bergmann also received the Open Call 2007 Grand Prize Award and Audience Favorite Award. Michael Masser, composer/producer of such classic songs as "The Greatest Love of All" and "Saving All My Love for You," established this scholarship at The ASCAP Foundation to support the educational advancement, professional training and development of students who demonstrate outstanding talent in the arts.