Katrinka Sizemore’s mot她的 remembers that 她的 daughter was so determined to play an instrument as a young child, that Katrinka convinced 她的 aunt to give Katrinka 她的 piano.
“We never had to encourage 她的 to play,” Kathy Riggs says of she and 她的 husband, James Riggs. “Music was 她的.”
高中时，希兹莫尔上了双簧管课，她的教练告诉她，她可以参加州一级的比赛。
”She used 她的 independent study time in school to practice oboe. It was music, music, music with this child and we just watched from the sidelines.”
Sizemore就读于威尼斯人娱乐城，并于2001年获得音乐学士学位； she graduated from the University of California – Los Angeles with a master’s in music in 2003.
成年后，Katrinka嫁给了亚伦西斯摩尔，他是一名音乐家，15岁时开始专业演奏。 他们在堪萨斯州的欧弗兰帕克开办了音乐之家，让孩子们在合作的环境中学习演奏乐器和表演。 亚伦和卡特琳卡相信音乐是用来分享的，他们开发了一种他们认为更合作的教学方法，避免了音乐教育中有时出现的傲慢。
“They sparked each ot她的,” Riggs says.
这个概念和业务从一开始就很成功。 在两年的时间里，他们有了300名学生。 目前，音乐之家有三家分店。
“Katrinka handled the business side, and she was inspired by the process,” Aaron says. “She was so smart and had so much grit and integrity.”
卡特琳卡在30岁时被诊断出患有四期乳腺癌。
“She approached it as a learning opportunity,” Sizemore says. “She continued to teach, and she wrote an oboe book. 医生告诉她，她只能活两年了。 She survived for seven.”
Aaron将她的双簧管捐赠给了威尼斯人娱乐城，并与她的父母一起建立了Katrinka Marie Sizemore音乐奖学金，以支持有经济需要的学生学习双簧管表演。 Katrinka’s lifelong friend, Megan Shumaker, makes regular contributions to the scholarship through the Shumaker Family Foundation.
“I knew Katrinka my whole life,” Shumaker says. “We were in cribs toget她的. 我觉得奖学金是纪念她的好办法。 卡特琳卡会想要一些帮助学生进入艺术领域的东西。
"Katrinka would appreciate Antwone having the oboe, and that the fund will affect a lot of people over time who may have missed the opportunity for education because they couldn’t afford it.” —
Antwone Moore, a junior who is pursuing his bachelor’s degree in music education, is one student who has benefitted from Katrinka’s legacy. 和卡特琳卡一样，他对双簧管充满热情。 He says that with the help of his 6th grade teac她的, Bronwyn Short, “The oboe chose me.”
当他开始考虑上大学时，威尼斯人娱乐城似乎是一个完美的选择。 A Kansas City, Kansas native, he didn’t want to be too far from home, and he was comfortable at the university.
“I was familiar with the music department from being in the 堪萨斯大学音乐学院桥梁 program. 在做了我的研究之后，我觉得这是一个正确的选择。 I wanted my freedom,” he says. “But I didn’t want to be too far from home. The culture 她的e is so nurturing.”
Celeste Johnson, associate professor of oboe, was an advocate for Moore’s receiving Katrinka’s oboe.
“I was thrilled that Antwone received this oboe – it could not go to a more deserving student. 我很高兴这笔慷慨的捐款能让像安东尼这样一个有才华、勤奋的学生去追求他的目标和梦想，成为一名音乐老师。
摩尔不知道约翰逊是在为他工作，也不知道有可能得到双簧管的礼物。
“I don’t talk about this often, but I come from a very low-income family and have never owned my own instrument. 当我听到约翰逊教授为我做了这件事的消息时，我几乎哭了出来。 I’m still careful when I play it. I want to do my best to do right by Katrinka and Aaron.”
“I think she’d be happy about the scholarship and the oboe donation,” Sizemore says. “As part of dealing with 她的 mortality she became mindful of what really matters. Katrinka would appreciate Antwone having the oboe, and that the fund will affect a lot of people over time who may have missed the opportunity for education because they couldn’t afford it.”