Graduate music scholarships may be obtained from a variety of sources.
Scholarships for graduate students in music can be obtained from a variety of sources. First, check with the resources at your school to determine if there are scholarships available for graduate students to defray the cost of concerts or doing research on a dissertation or a master's thesis. To supplement whatever aid you may get, private scholarships are available from many places. It may take some investigating, but the time spent researching is well spent as it helps defray the cost of schooling.
The National Association of Pastoral Musicians Scholarships
The National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) offers scholarships which total over $31,000. The scholarships include the NPM Nancy Bannister Scholarship and the NPM Members Scholarship, each worth $3,000. The scholarships are open to part-time or full-time graduate students majoring in pastoral music.
The National Association of Pastoral Musicians
ATTN: Program Scholarships
962 Wayne Avenue Suite 210
Silver Springs, Maryland 20910-4461
Phone: 240-247-3000
Website: http://www.npm.org/EducationEvents/program_scholarship/scholarships.htm
The German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service, (or Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD), in German) offers Study Scholarships for U.S. and Canadian students who are studying music, as well as other artistic fields. The scholarship is open to graduating seniors and graduate students. Students stay in Germany for one academic year (10 months) at a German university. Although the exact amount of the award is not given, the program gives a monthly stipend of 750 euros for artists and musicians. Students should be able to speak German well. Applications are completed and submitted on-line at the program's website.
DAAD New York
871 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
Phone: 212-758-3223
Website: http://www.daad.org/?p=gradstudy
MENC Scholarship
MENC (Music Educators National Conference) was the name given to the National Association for Music Education, prior to its 1998 name change. The organization gives scholarships to graduate students 25 and younger who submit a paper about the importance of copyright law and intellectual property. The scholarship is also open to high school and college students. The first, second and third place prizes are $10,000, $3,000 and $2,000, respectively.
MENC: National Association for Music Education
1806 Robert Fulton Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
Phone: 703-860-4000/800-336-3768
Website: http://www.menc.org/gp/scholarship-resources-for-music-students
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