Suffolk AGO Scholarship Awards Program

The Suffolk Chapter of the American Guild of Organists is pleased to announce its Seventeenth Annual Scholarship Program for organ students who are from Suffolk County and/or study with a Suffolk AGO member teacher.

Three different categories of scholarships are available.  Click on the titles below to view and print the application form for each category:

The Peragallo Scholarship for College Level Students residing in Suffolk Co. or having membership in Suffolk AGO, an award of up to $1,000.00 for a student pursuing college level organ studies (which may include a college student, a high school senior about to enter college, or a post HS student studying privately).

The Suffolk Chapter Scholarship for High School and Middle School Students residing in Suffolk Co. or having membership in Suffolk AGO, an award of up to $1,000 for private organ lessons, for students in Grades 6-12.


The Carol Landis Memorial Scholarships for Beginning Level Organists for students of any age residing in Nassau or Suffolk,  an award of up to $1,000 for a beginning organ student of any age who has not previously completed more than two years of organ study.

2019 SAGO Scholarship Award Recipients, l to r, Patrick Hines, Sadie Heston, Joseph Scarpa, and Mahesh Tiwari, at Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church, Huntington Station, NY.

For an overview of the Audition Requirements, click here.

2019 Scholarship Auditions will take place on Friday, May 1st, 2020 at St. St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at 48 Greene Avenue, Sayville, NY.  To view this year's Scholarship Brochure, click here.

For additional information, or if you would like to contribute to the Suffolk AGO Scholarships, please contact the Scholarship Chair, Dr. Joan Daly-Lewis, at jdalylew@optonline.net.