Fallbrook High student receives music scholarship

Fallbrook High School senior Timothy Leonelli was presented with a $500 cash scholarship award from the Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame Foundation at the high school’s Spring Band Festival on June 6. David Larkin, president of the foundation, presented the scholarship to Leonelli, who occasionally filled in as a substitute on trombone at the Big Band & Jazz Hall of Fame Orchestra’s weekly rehearsals, actually filling Larkin’s chair while he was on vacation.

Leonelli, 17, plays trombone and tuba and is a member of the high school’s symphony and jazz/rock bands and Madrigal chorus. He has been stud...