OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

 Links to more scholarships, grants, competitions, other financial assistance.

Big Arts Performing and Creative Arts Scholarship - BIG ARTS offers a Performing and Creative Arts Scholarship Award Program to high school seniors who are planning to study the arts or to students who are currently enrolled in an accredited undergraduate program.

CBC Spouses Heineken USA Performing Arts Scholarship Competition - This scholarship fund is operated by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and offers scholarship funds to highly motivated students who plan to attend, or are currently attending, an accredited college or university or are pursuing a career in the performing arts. 

Coca-Cola Scholars Program - The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation awards a total of $3.4 million annually in achievement-based, four-year scholarships to 250 outstanding high school seniors from communities across the U.S.

Davidson Fellows - The Davidson Fellowship is open to students who can demonstrate noteworthy achievements through the creation of a “significant piece of work” aimed at improving the lives of others in several subject areas, including music.

Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition - The scholarship competition is open to high school seniors from Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana who plan to pursue degrees in music.

Glenn Miller Birthplace Society Scholarship - This award is given to graduating high school seniors or first-year college students who intend to make music a central part of their future life.

The Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award - In addition to performing on NPR’s From the Top, recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award receive up to $10,000 to help offset the costs of studying classical music at a high level. Each year, they choose approximately 20 exceptional pre-collegiate musicians ages 8-18 to receive the Award.

Jazz at the Ballroom Scholarships for California/Bay Area Students - The competition is open to high school jazz instrumentalists in the California/Bay Area.

Lessons in Your Home Scholarship - The Lessons In Your Home Scholarship is open to prospective and enrolled college students (high school seniors who are 18 are also welcome).

Lift Up Our Voices Scholarship - The Lift Up Our Voices Scholarship focuses on broadening the number of female-identifying students and students of color in the field of music composition.

Marine Band Concerto Competition - “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, in conjunction with the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and NAfME, announces the Marine Band Concerto Competition for high school musicians.

The Music Center’s Spotlight - Southern California High School students of ALL skill levels are encouraged to apply for FREE. Much more than a competition, Spotlight is a scholarship and arts training program, which empowers students by emphasizing preparation, courage, critical thinking and perseverance while providing an invaluable opportunity for students to hone their skills!

Music for All - Provides music scholarships including the Revelli Fund for students planning to complete a music degree

Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge - The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts partnering with the American Theatre Wing and in collaboration with Playbill, Inc. and Disney Theatrical Productions. The Songwriting Challenge is a national competition for high school students who have a passion for writing songs that could be part of a musical theater production.

National YoungArts Foundation - YoungArts accepts applications from young artists in the categories of Classical Music, Dance, Design Arts, Film, Jazz, Photography, Theater, Visual Arts, Voice and Writing for its national competition.

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards - Sponsored in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals, these awards honor young people in grades 5 through 12 who have volunteered in their communities.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation Scholarship - The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation provides funds to select seniors from Cleveland and New York City public high schools who intend to study music or the business of music at the college level.

School Band & Orchestra Magazine Essay Scholarship - This scholarship offers prize money to students who write an essay of 250 words or less on a music theme.

Sphinx Competition - A national competition offering young Black and Latinx classical string players a chance to compete under the guidance of an internationally renowned panel of judges, and to perform with and receive mentorship from established professional musicians. Prizes range from $3,000 to the top $50,000 Robert Frederick Smith Prize. The Sphinx Competition is held every year in Detroit, Michigan

SYTA Youth Foundation “Road” Scholarship - Students planning educational travel programs but needing financial assistance can apply for a “Road” Scholarship offered by the SYTA Youth Foundation, Inc. (SYF). The SYF provides scholarships three times a year. Music directors, teachers, principals, and other youth leaders can submit nominations.

Tri-M Music Honor Society Chapter of the Year Music Scholarships - These scholarships are available to members of the Tri-M® Music Honor Society, a program of NAfME. The scholarship program offers scholarship money for summer study programs to chapters that win one of three recognitions at the national level in each division: senior (high school) and junior (middle school). Scholarship money is awarded by the advisors of the winning chapters to deserving students.

VSA International Young Soloists Award Program - Each year outstanding young musicians with disabilities from around the world are selected to receive the VSA International Young Soloists Award. This program is open to soloists and ensembles of any instrument or genre including classical, jazz, Hip Hop, rock and more!

Winter Guard International - Provides funds to select annual WGI World Championships participants.

Women Band Directors International - Offers scholarships from $300 to $500 to women who plan to complete a degree in instrumental music.

Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition - The Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program (YYPA) recognizes outstanding young musicians from the world of classical, jazz and contemporary music.

Young Artist Scholarship Auditions: St. Boniface Church (Florida) - For high school and pre-degree college students seeking a degree in music.

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