Find College Scholarships - Music

Niche

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Help cover the cost of college without writing a single essay! Niche is giving one student $25,000 to help pay for tuition, housing, books, and other educational expenses. Apply below for your chance to win so you can focus on what really matters instead of worrying about finances. Good luck!

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Nitrocollege.com

Nationwide

Over $225K awarded since 2016. No Essay or account sign-ups, just a simple scholarship for those seeking help in paying for school. Apply in two minutes or less.

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Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

New York

Established in memory of Bret Alan Frattellone. One scholarship will be awarded annually to a graduating senior from Lakeland High School who plans to major in communications, music education or music performance at any accredited college, or university in the United States.

Communications/Journalism, Music

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Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

New York

Established by the Foundation and the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce to honor past Chamber President Charlie North and his love of music and to encourage the pursuit of music and arts in education; this scholarship is available to any graduating high school senior who is a resident of Dutchess County and is majoring in music performance, music/art education or visual arts (ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, photography, video, filmmaking and architecture) at an accredited college or university in the United States.

Art, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Arts

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American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers

Nationwide

The American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers offers scholarships to current students, studying arranging and music composition in a music school, college, conservatory, university or privately.

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Choristers Guild

Nationwide

Established in memory of Ruth Krehbiel Jacobs, founder of Choristers Guild, the Scholarship Fund provides financial aid to full-time students preparing for church music ministry. An applicant must be a junior, senior, or graduate student majoring in music, who holds choral music with children and youth as a primary interest. Scholarship grants are given on the basis of academic merit, interest in church music (especially children's and youth choirs), and ministry of church music as a vocation.

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BMI Foundation

Nationwide

The BMI Future Jazz Master Award is an annual competition open to rising jazz stars enrolled at colleges and universities nationwide. The award was established by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) in 2015 in honor of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Masters Fellowship, a lifetime achievement distinction widely considered to be jazz music’s premier accolade, and pays tribute to the artistic excellence of jazz pioneers while providing crucial support for emerging performers.

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General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts

Massachusetts

Applicant must be a Massachusetts resident and an undergraduate currently enrolled in a four-year accredited college, university or school of music, majoring in voice.

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Female, MA, Voice Major

General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts

Massachusetts

2017 Music Scholarship of up to $500 for high school seniors who will major in Piano, Instrument, Music Education, Music Therapy, or Voice.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

Established to honor the memory of long-time ASCAP member Bart Howard, this tuition scholarship recognizes the talent, professionalism, musical ability and career potential of a Berklee student majoring in songwriting. Bart Howard (1915-2004) was a prolific composer who wrote over 200 songs, most notably "Fly Me To the Moon," which has been performed by hundreds of singers including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Diana Krall. Members of the Berklee Songwriting Department faculty select the recipient. This program is made possible by The ASCAP Foundation Bart Howard Fund.

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The ASCAP Foundation and BMG

Nationwide

The ASCAP Foundation BMG Scholarship in honor of Quincy Jones is supported by BMG, Quincy Jones' publisher. This scholarship is presented annually to an African-American college or university student majoring in music who demonstrates musical talent and proficiency in the areas where Quincy has made his mark: composing, arranging, producing, conducting and performing. The scholarship alternates between Berklee College of Music in Boston, Syracuse University, Middle Tennessee State University and SUNY Oneonta. The student is selected by the school's music faculty.

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African American

The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

These scholarships, named in memory of Jay and Joan Morgenstern's daughter, Fran, are presented annually to two full-time undergraduate music students at the Manhattan School of Music in jazz composition and musical theatre. Each recipient must demonstrate the potential to produce creative and original work and also demonstrate financial need. The students are selected by the Manhattan School of music faculty.

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The ASCAP Foundation

New York

The ASCAP Foundation Irving Burgie Scholarship was established to support an aspiring African-American songwriter from New York City. This annual scholarship is awarded alternately between the Berklee College of Music and the University of Southern California. The recipient is selected by the music faculty of each school.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

These scholarships were established to preserve the name and legacy of Irving Caesar, a prolific and beloved lyricist who wrote hundreds of songs over the course of his long life, including "Tea For Two," "Swanee," "Animal Crackers in My Soup" as well as the children's educational song series, Songs of Safety and Songs of Friendship. Faculty at the Third Street Music School Settlement in New York City select the recipients.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

Irwin Z. Robinson, Vice Presdient, Industry Affairs, The Richmond Organization and Vice President of The ASCAP Foundation, along with his wife Joan, established this scholarship to support an NYU music business undergraduate or graduate student demonstrating leadership, knowledge, dedication, skill and career potential. The scholarship recipient is selected by faculty from New York University.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

This scholarship provides assistance to young aspiring songwriters, musicians and vocalists. The scholarship recipient is auditioned by the Young Musicians Foundation in Los Angeles.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

Underwritten by an endowment from the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation, this scholarship is presented annually to a jazz composition student. The recipient must be a matriculated student at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College/City University of New York. ASCAP member Louis Armstrong, who lived in Queens for decades, had strong ties to Queens College. The student is selected by the music faculty at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College/City University of New York.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

This scholarship, named in honor of the great Louis Armstrong, is funded by The Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation. It provides a talented jazz composer who has limited financial resources the opportunity to study music in a formal academic environment. The student is selected by the music faculty at the University of New Orleans.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

Honoring renowned ASCAP members George and Ira Gershwin and named for Louis Dreyfus, co-founder of the U.S. Division of Chappell Music (now part of Warner/Chappell Music), the Gershwins' publisher, this scholarship is presented each year to a composition student for a score written for dance, film/video or theater. The student must be enrolled in either the B.A. or B.F.A. program at the City College/City University of New York, Ira Gershwin's alma mater. The recipient is selected by the music faculty at City College/City University of New York.

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The ASCAP Foundation

Nationwide

This scholarship, created to identify young talent and to encourage the study of musical theater, is presented each year to a composition student at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Funded by an endowment from the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, it honors the music publisher Max Dreyfus, who served on ASCAP's Board for 50 years and was a mentor to many musical theater legends. It is funded by a generous gift from the Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.

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Daughters of the American Revolution

Nationwide

The Nellie Love Butcher Music Scholarship as a one-time preferred amount of up to $5,000 which shall be given annually to a male or female music student who is pursuing an education in piano or voice.

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