Music Scholarships

In-Person Auditions

Here’s the process for an in-person audition on one of our pre-scheduled audition days. If you don’t see a date that works for you, reach out and we’ll set up a time that works for you.

Vocalists:

• Introduce yourself – tell us about your musical interests, singing experiences, and any ensembles that you currently sing with or have in the past.
• Perform two contrasting vocal works that show off your musicianship and skill as a singer.

Instrumentalists:

• Introduce yourself – tell us about your musical interests, playing experiences, and any ensembles that you currently play with or have in the past.
• Perform two scales of your choice.
• Perform two contrasting musical examples that show off your musicianship and skill as a player. These may be etudes, excerpts, or any other pertinent musical example.

Virtual Auditions

While we’d love to meet you in person, we do accept virtual auditions. Record & upload an unlisted YouTube video (or another similar cloud-based video sharing site) and send them to the appropriate Music professor:

• Instrumentalists: Dr. Brian Coffill – briancoffill@rmc.edu
• Vocalists: Dr. Antonio Hunt – antoniohunt@rmc.edu

Vocalists:

• Introduce yourself – tell us about your musical interests, singing experiences, and any ensembles that you currently sing with or have in the past.
• Perform two contrasting vocal works that show off your musicianship and skill as a singer.

Instrumentalists:

• Introduce yourself – tell us about your musical interests, playing experiences, and any ensembles that you currently play with or have in the past.
• Perform two scales of your choice.
• Perform two contrasting musical examples that show off your musicianship and skill as a player. These may be etudes, excerpts, or any other pertinent musical example.

Your video does not need to be one continuous take – you may record each portion of your audition individually and then splice them together into your full video, or you may upload several videos, one for each segment. If you upload multiple videos, be sure to send links to everything!

External Scholarships, Support Opportunities, & Resources

GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

• Benji Grinberg Scholarship – $1,000 scholarship opportunity for students passionate about music and pursuing a collegiate education
• Glenn Miller Birthplace Society – for high school seniors and college freshmen who intend to make music a part of their future
• National Association for Music Education Scholarship List – NAfME national scholarship database
• National Federation of Music Clubs – Collection of music scholarships
• National YoungArts Foundation – Scholarship for 15- to 18-year-old visual, literary or performing artists
• Petrichor Records International Music Competition – Prizes awarded for soloists, ensembles, and composers

Church Music

• Choristers Guild Ruth K. Jacobs Scholarship – for full-time students preparing for church music ministry

Composition & Arranging

• American Society of Musicians, Arrangers, and Composers – Scholarships for student studying composition and arranging

Music Education

• Jazz Education Network – scholarships for future jazz educators
• John Philip Sousa Foundation Hawkins Scholarship – for students pursuing a career in instrumental (band) music education
• VBODA Sydney Berg Scholarship – Renewable scholarship for high school seniors entering college as an instrumental music education major. March 1 application deadline.

MUSIC REPRESENTATION & EQUITY RESOURCES

• CBDNA Mike Moss Conducting Study Grants – for conductors from historically-excluded groups, to provide access to conducting symposia.
• Lift Music Fund  – Micro-grants for under-represented communities in music

Female, LGBTQ+, & Non-Binary Musicians

• Girls Who Conduct – Conducting mentorship program – for female & non-binary conductors; also features various resources & support.

• Maestra Music Conducting Mentorship Program – for female & non-binary conductors; also features various resources & support.
• Pride Foundation – Scholarships supporting LGBTQ+ students in a variety of fields
• Women Band Directors International – Scholarships for female future music educators

Musicians of color

• The aSHE Fund – Supporting Black women creatives residing in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area (DC, Maryland, & Virginia) with funds to support a creative project or endeavor.
• Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Scholarships  – scholarships for African American or Black students, including Arts scholarships for students pursuing a degree in the visual & performing arts
• I See You: Affirming Representation in Music – Support & mentorship for aspiring music majors, especially from BIPOC communities.

• Musician Assistance Fund – Scholarships & resources promoting diversity in the arts, via Sphinx Organization
• Sphinx Competition – National scholarship competition for young Black and Latinx classical string players

• National Association of Colored Womens Clubs (NACWC) – Hallie Q. Brown Scholarship Fund and Patricia Fletcher Scholarship Fund, for female students of color, regardless of major

• Against The Grain Productions Artistic Scholarship – Financial assistance and promotion of Asian American college students pursuing a major in the performing, visual arts, journalism and/or mass communications.

• Hispanic Scholarship Fund – scholarship fund for students of Hispanic heritage, regardless of major.
• National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Randy Falco Scholarship – annual scholarship awarded to a Hispanic or Latino student pursuing a career in any aspect of the television industry, including music production & composition.
• Peermusic Latin Scholarship – annual competition open to student songwriters and composers of Latin music.

• Heartbeat Music Project – American Indian Musicians’ Scholarship for music majors