Samara Oster, Class II, was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony, an intensive one-week educational program in jazz performance for exceptionally talented high school students. Held from August 9–16, 2008, at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and named for jazz legend Dave Brubeck, the program accepts fewer than 20 high school musicians from a competitive audition process. Samara will spend the week working with Brubeck Institute faculty and guest artists in individual lessons, master classes, rehearsals and seminars, culminating in a final concert.