Archbishop Curley Notre Dame senior, Celestyn Angot, wins the Mildred E. Allen Memorial Scholarship as part of the 2012 National Piano Guild auditions.


Miami, FL…April 16, 2013…Archbishop Curley Notre Dame Prep senior, Celestyn Angot has received the Mildred E. Allen Memorial Piano Scholarship. This award is presented to the top performer in the grades 9-10 piano performance category as part of the National Piano Guild auditions.

Celestyn is an honor roll student and has studied piano for 11 years with Mrs. Montane. In 2008, she received a gold medal in the Monsignor Edward Pace High School Academic Olympics in piano and theory. She also received the Paderewski Gold Medal following the 2011 National Piano Guild auditions. She earned a Diploma in Social Music in 2011 and High School Diploma (in music) in 2012, and has been selected three times to perform in the Chopin Foundation Concert for Young Pianists.

At ACND, Celestyn is a member of her school choir “The Knightingales,” and member of the drama club playing in past school productions the role of Mrs. Potts in “Beauty and the Beast” and Princess Amneris in “Aida.” She is the president of the National Honor Society, vice-president of Student Council, and plays varsity volleyball.

“Celestyn has always been a great student and hard worker and is in the top of her class,” commented ACND Principal Douglas Romanik commented. “She is a great performer whether it be piano or vocal. Celestyn is a great example of ACND's mission to educate the whole person: in the arts, athletics, academics and spiritual.”

Celestyn, who will graduate in May, plans to pursue a medical career and minor in music.