Music Theory and Composition Scholarships

Reduce your financial investment today.

Choosing a major is an extremely important decision for your college career. If you've chosen to concentrate in music theory and composition, then you're eligible for some fantastic scholarship opportunities.

This list of 27 scholarships below has a award total of $63,399, and may significantly cut down your college expenses.

Time is always a factor for these financial aid awards. Be diligent in researching the specific deadlines for the scholarships you are interested in to increase your odds.

According to Georgetown University, a person with a bachelor's degree will have 87% more lifetime earnings than an employee with just a high school degree.

Reduce your financial investment today and get the most out of your degree tomorrow. Get moving on your applications for music theory scholarships today!

Source: Georgetown University Report

• ^$1K

  Al Downing Jazz Scholarship

  Deadline: January 31 | Amount: $1,000

  Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association

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  Al Sanders Foundation for Music Studies Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $2,250

  Baltimore Community Foundation

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  Albert H. and Lois S. Fitzgerrel Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Emporia State University

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  Alfonso Loera Music Scholarship

  Deadline: February 1 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation for Muskegon County

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  Alison M. Combes and W. Craig Bowman Presidential Merit Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Alvon F. and Phyllis D. Rohrbough Scholarship

  Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies

  Glenville State University

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  Andrew and Betty Een Music Scholarship

  Deadline: February 28 | Amount: $2,000

  Minnesota State University-Mankato

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• ^$1.5K

  Armenian Scholarship in Memory of Charles Churukian

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $1,500

  Rochester Area Community Foundation

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• ^$600

  Averie Grace Evans Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $600

  Indian Hills Community College

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  Ayers Music Entertainment Scholarship

  Deadline: May 31 | Amount: Varies

  University of Memphis

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  Benjamin E. Troxler Music Comp Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Austin Peay State University

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  Bertha Olsen Scholarship

  Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies

  Glenville State University

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  Betty Heater Music Scholarship

  Deadline: February 15 | Amount: Varies

  Glenville State University

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• ^$1,200

  Betty Jo McCully Memorial Scholarship-OSHER

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $1,200

  Fresno City College

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  Betty P. Goranson Music Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Steuben County Community Foundation

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• ^$1K

  Bill Clapper Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 15 | Amount: 1000

  Community Foundation for Monterey County

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  Bill Perry Memorial Fund For Music Education and Appreciation

  Deadline: April 15 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan

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  Burnett Memorial Scholarship Endowment

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  CUNY Queens College

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  Byrom/Wood Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Austin Peay State University

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• ^$1K

  California Retired Teachers Association Division 55 Hilmer Finne Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $1,000

  Community Foundation of Mendocino County

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• ^$3K

  Charles Owen 'Corky' McCormick IV Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: February 22 | Amount: $3,000

  Johnson County Community Foundation

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  Charlie and Wanda Steiner Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$300

  Clifford Byard Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $300

  Decatur County Community Foundation

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  Collin Baker Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  MiraCosta College

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  Composition Scholarships

  Deadline: January 15 | Amount: Varies

  Lawrence University

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  Corcoran Scholars

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  George Washington University

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  Crist Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Austin Peay State University

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  Cynthia and Alan Baran Fine Arts and Music Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: March 15 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

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  Dana Family Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Department of Music Choral Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Department of Music Instrumental Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$72K

  Department of Music Leadership Award

  Deadline: January 10 | Amount: $72,000

  Gordon College

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  Dick Hindman Prize in Jazz Piano

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  California Jazz Conservatory

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  Dietrich and Anne Friesen Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: March 20 | Amount: Varies

  Fresno Pacific University

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• ^$16K

  Diversity in Composition Award

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $16,000

  Vermont College of Fine Arts

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  Division of Music Vocal/Instrumental Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Bethel University

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  Doell Family Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $1,500

  Community Foundation of North Central Washington

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  Doleman Black Heritage Museum Robert Henry Kelsh Culinary and/or Piano Study Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Washington County MD

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• ^$2K

  Doris Grace Herlein Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $2,000

  Muskegon Community College

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  Dorothy May Jenks Endowed Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Benton Community Foundation Oregon

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• ^$499

  Dorothy Pfenninger Scholarship

  Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $100-$499

  Henry County Community Foundation

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  Dr. Daniel and Paulena Isaak Memorial Endowed Scholarship

  Deadline: March 20 | Amount: Varies

  Fresno Pacific University

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  Dr. Richard and Ms. Marion Trevaskis Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$2K

  Dr. Robert Hawkins Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: November 5 | Amount: $2,000

  John Philip Sousa Foundation

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  Edington Family Scholarship in Music

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Austin Peay State University

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• ^$5K

  Edward Hosharian Foundation Scholarship

  Deadline: March 11 | Amount: $5,000

  Edward Hosharian Foundation

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• ^$2K

  Eugene A. Sharick Music Scholarship

  Deadline: February 12 | Amount: $2,000

  Wayne County Community Foundation

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  Fairmont Concert Association Music Endowed Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fairmont State University

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  FCC Jazz Studies Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  FCC Professor Emeritus Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Feature Music Scholarships and Feature Arts Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  California Institute of the Arts

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  Fresno Steinway Piano Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Friends of Music Leadership Award

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Garen K. Milton Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Ginger Friedman English Composition Scholarship Endowment

  Deadline: April 15 | Amount: Varies

  California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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  Gregory Keith Jones Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: February 10 | Amount: Varies

  Saginaw Community Foundation

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• ^$8K

  Griffiths Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $8,000

  Baldwin Wallace University

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• ^$2K

  Hausdorf Family Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: 2000

  Community Foundation for Monterey County

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• ^$1.5K

  Hazel Brown Truelove Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: January 18 | Amount: $1,500

  Community Foundation of Noble County

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  Henry Smith, Jr. Music Management Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Honors Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Gardner-Webb University

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• ^$500

  Horace A. Revercomb, Jr. Memorial Scholarship for the Continuing Study of Music

  Deadline: March 5 | Amount: $500

  Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region

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• ^$500

  Howard Braun Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: May 12 | Amount: $500

  Citrus College

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  Hyden Citizens Bank Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Hazard Community and Technical College

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  Instrumental Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Kaskaskia College

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  Iris Halmos Presidential Merit Scholarship in Music

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Iris Halmos Presidential Merit Scholarship in Music

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$1K

  James J. and Margaret Mischler Scholarship

  Deadline: March | Amount: $1,000

  The Troy Foundation

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• ^$2.5K

  Jerry Juhl Fund for the Arts

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $2,500

  Community Foundation of Mendocino County

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  John Manko Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Georgia State University-Perimeter College

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• ^$500

  John T. and Joann C. Wills Music Educator's Scholarship

  Deadline: March | Amount: $500

  Your Community Foundation of North Central West Virginia, Inc.

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  Joseph C. Crupi Memorial Award

  Deadline: February 18 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc.

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  Kenneth and Irene Walker Scholarship

  Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $2,000-$3,000

  Glenville State University

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  L. O. Sanderson Memorial Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Harding University

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  Larry Patton Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Galveston College

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  Laverne O'Bryant Endowed Scholarship

  Deadline: March 20 | Amount: Varies

  Fresno Pacific University

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  Lee Essie and Charlie McMillan, Jr. Scholarships (Music Scholarship)

  Deadline: February 10 | Amount: Varies

  Saginaw Community Foundation

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  Leo Kraft Composition Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  CUNY Queens College

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  Leone Pooler Guthrie Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Benton Community Foundation Oregon

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• ^$3K

  Leslie Richardson Memorial Swan and Sparrow Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $3,000

  Community Foundation for Northern Virginia

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• ^$500

  Lessons In Your Home Scholarship

  Deadline: March 25 | Amount: $500

  Lessons In Your Home

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  Louise Kling Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Marion Community Foundation

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  Mabel Myers Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Mabelle Hereter Memorial Scholarship in Music

  Deadline: March 15 | Amount: Varies

  Adams County Community Foundation

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  Mabeth Saure Gyllstrom Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Augsburg University

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  Margaret Ager Smith Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$1,400

  Margaret Walker Sloan Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $1,400

  Gulf Coast State College

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• ^$2K

  Marian Settle Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 16 | Amount: Up to $2,000

  Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region

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• ^$3K

  Marie M. Borden Scholarship

  Deadline: February 22 | Amount: $3,000

  Johnson County Community Foundation

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  Marion T. Hunt Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Piedmont University

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• ^$2K

  Marlene Wilczynski and Kenneth P. Gill Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $2,000

  Northeastern Illinois University

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  Mary Ellen Cathey Scholarship for Music

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Guilford College

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  Max Landow Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Rochester Area Community Foundation

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  Melissa Collins Memorial Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Washington County MD

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  Monica Joseph/Dewey and Gladys Wilson Music Scholarship

  Deadline: February 1 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation for Muskegon County

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  Music Achievement Award

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Music Aden Lewis Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Music Committee Scholarship

  Deadline: February 15 | Amount: $1,000

  American Legion, Department of Kansas

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  Music Department Scholarship

  Deadline: February 17 | Amount: Varies

  Diablo Valley College

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  Music Ensemble Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Southern Wesleyan University

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• ^$10K

  Music Excellence and Achievement Awards

  Deadline: January 16 | Amount: $1,000-$10,000

  Goshen College

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• ^$4K

  Music Major Scholarship

  Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $3,000–$4,000

  Gordon College

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  Music Major Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Gods Bible School and College

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  Music Major Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Southwestern Christian University

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  Music Performance Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Northwestern College

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  Music Robert Pusey Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$2.5K

  Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $1,000-$2,500

  Earlham College

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• ^$4K

  Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $1,500-$4,000

  Oklahoma Wesleyan University

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  Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Spring Arbor University

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  Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Stetson University

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: November 15 | Amount: Varies

  Covenant College

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Florida Southern College

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: April 1 | Amount: Varies

  Franklin College

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  St. Mary's University

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  North Greenville University

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Mississippi College

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $2,000

  Elmhurst University

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Gardner-Webb University

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  Music Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  William Penn University

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  Music Teachers Association of California, Fresno County Branch Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Nadeane A. Gordon Presidential Merit Scholarship for Vocal Music

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$1.5K

  NFMC Gretchen E. Van Roy Music Education Scholarship

  Deadline: April 1 | Amount: $500-$1,500

  National Federation of Music Clubs (FL)

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• ^$1.5K

  Nick Schoffen Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $1,500

  Community Foundation of North Central Washington

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  Nielson Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Galveston College

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• ^$1,400

  Norman Hair Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 15 | Amount: $1,400

  Gulf Coast State College

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• ^$10K

  Ossie Davis Legacy Award Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $10,000

  Voorhees College

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• ^$2K

  Owen Roettger Scholarship Endowment

  Deadline: October 1 | Amount: $2,000

  Huntingburg Foundation, Inc.

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  Pauline Groff Music Scholarship Endowment

  Deadline: March 31 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of St. Clair County

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  Penner Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 20 | Amount: Varies

  Fresno Pacific University

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  Polly W. Roesch Vocal Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln

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  Ray Cheyka Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin

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  Rebecca Lee Koborie Music Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Western PA and Eastern OH

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  Rebecca Sarkisian Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Reinhard and Constance Pauly Orchestral Strings Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Lewis & Clark College

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  Reuben Segal Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Robert C. and Lillian DuSoe Scholarship

  Deadline: March | Amount: $1,500

  Orange County Community Foundation

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  Robert G. Zazzara Music Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: February 11 | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc.

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  Rome Prize Fellowship

  Deadline: November 1 | Amount: Varies

  American Academy in Rome

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  Roy W. Hill Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: $20,000

  Community Foundation of North Central Washington

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  Ruth F. Brown Nursing Scholarship

  Deadline: March 1 | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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• ^$800

  Ruth Goldstein Memorial Music Scholarship

  Deadline: March 16 | Amount: $800

  Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region

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  Ruth Krohn Kislingbury Choral Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Augsburg University

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  Saginaw Choral Society Joanne Robertson Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: February 10 | Amount: Varies

  Saginaw Community Foundation

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  School of Music and Worship Arts Scholarships

  Deadline: January 31 | Amount: Varies

  Trevecca Nazarene University

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  Sierra Chamber Opera Vocal Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  Stewart Golden Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $1,000

  Longmont Community Foundation

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  Student Band Assistant Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Student Choral Music Assistant Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Frostburg State University

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  Susie Kubi Symphonic Music Scholarship

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  Albuquerque Community Foundation (ACF)

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  Talent Grants

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $3,000

  Plymouth State University

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  The Jeanne A. Toombs Memorial Scholarship

  Deadline: April 1 (College Applicants); May 1 (High School Seniors) | Amount: Varies

  Concord Carlisle Scholarship Fund

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  Thomas G. Isbell Scholarship Fund

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

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  Tim and Patty Springer Annual Scholarship

  Deadline: March 20 | Amount: Varies

  Fresno Pacific University

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  Tony Cantu Outstanding Performance in Music Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fresno City College

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  University Music Scholarships/Talent Awards

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Saint Xavier University

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  Vici and Steve Diehl Foundation Graduate Scholarships

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Northern New York Community Foundation

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  Virginia P. and Richard P. Wellock Music Endowed Scholarship

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  Fairmont State University

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  Virtuoso Scholarship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  University of Valley Forge

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  Weldon and Eloise Bowen Music Endowed Scholarship

  Deadline: March 20 | Amount: Varies

  Fresno Pacific University

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  William and Linda Ullom Music Education Scholarship/ Nursing Scholarship in Memory of Susan Ullom Waronicki

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: Varies

  Fairmont State University

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  Women Composers Fellowship

  Deadline: Varies | Amount: $16,000

  Vermont College of Fine Arts

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  Zetterberg Music Scholarship

  Deadline: February 1 | Amount: $950

  Decatur County Community Foundation

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