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Music College Scholarships
Music scholarships are the most competitive scholarships in existence. The reason for this is that there are so many different types of musicians and there are so few acclaimed music schools. And the competition doesn't stop after graduation: in 2004, there were only about 250,000 employed musicians, and most of them were working in large cities like New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Las Vegas. But maybe the biggest reason for the stiff competition for scholarships is that there is generally more money in music scholarships that there is in any other type of scholarship. In fact, some schools and granting organizations offer partial and sometimes full scholarships for musicians.
Musicians of any age — sometimes even from the age of 10 and up — are eligible for music scholarship monies. Some granting institutions do not require GPAs or academic scores of anything over average, and many do not put any financial requirements on the scholarships, meaning that any person of any financial background is eligible for scholarship monies. Of course, each scholarship is different.
Essentially, there are two different places where the funding for music scholarships comes from: music foundations like the Young Musicians Foundation and the BMI Music Foundation; and also from colleges like the Aspen Music School and many different state universities. Both American and international music foundations offer music scholarships for talented musicians. These scholarships are generally won through competition with other prospective music students. Some university scholarships award a place as a student in the school's music department, while others give money to current students.
List of Music Scholarships
- American College of Musicians/National Guild of Piano Teachers 200-Dollar Scholarships — $200 awarded each year to 150 undergraduate students majoring in music who are student affiliates of Piano Guild.
- Astral Career Grant — $200 to $250 awarded each year to 8-12 undergraduate students majoring in music or performing arts.
- Chopin Foundation of the United States Scholarship — Up to $1000 awarded to 10 freshmen students majoring in music or performing arts.
- Dan Schutte Scholarship — $1000 awarded each year to undergraduate or graduate student majoring in music in pastoral field.
- Janet B. Sondheim Scholarship — $500 awarded each year to 1 Baltimore City HS graduate with undergraduate college music major.
- John Lennon Scholarship Program — $5000 to $10000 awarded each year for up to 3 undergraduate or graduate students majoring in music.
- NPM Koinonia/Board of Directors Scholarship — $3500 awarded each year to 2 undergraduate or graduate student majoring in music in pastoral field.
- Paluch Family Foundation/World Library Publications Scholarship — $2500 awarded each year to 1 undergraduate or graduate student majoring in music in pastoral field.
- Sigma Alpha Iota Jazz Studies Scholarship — $1500 awarded each year to SAI undergraduate student majoring in music.
- Sigma Alpha Iota Music Business/Technology Scholarship — $2000 awarded each year to SAI junior or senior student majoring in music.
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