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scholarship help???

scholarship help???

okay, so as I look at all the possible scholarships out there, I never see any for musicians who do not plan on majoring in music. WHAT GIVES??? If anyone knows about any scholarships, can you please respond to this? THANKS!
-sari32492-

# Posted on May 16th 2009 by sari32492

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So let me get this straight. . . you want a music scholarship but you don't want to study music?!?!? Surely I'm missing something here.

# Posted on May 16th 2009 by lastnitesfun

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Not sure where you are, but we have scholarships for chorale and instrumentalists at our school and we don't have a music major. They are a far cry from "full ride", but help... I'm at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, WV. If you're going to a small college, look into things like worship teams (we call it "Music Ministry") and pep bands.

Pat

# Posted on May 16th 2009 by plunk111

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Uh, yeah, when you find any of those scholarships for musicians who are not studying music, let me know. I could desperately use one.

# Posted on May 16th 2009 by TheSilverSpear

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They've got some at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. But like the university plunk111 mentioned, it doesn't have a music major at all. Never heard of one at a university with a music major program.

# Posted on May 16th 2009 by fuzzygreen

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Really, fuzzygreen? My other post was mostly joking.

This is an interesting option.... In all my funding searches I never considered "Poor struggling folkie who needs to fund a PhD in the history of psychiatry" as a legitimate scholarship category. Maybe I should.

# Posted on May 16th 2009 by TheSilverSpear

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Yep, they've got a couple through the Community Music Centre (what's left of the music department the university once had). They're audition-based and need-based, and cover up to half tuition.

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/music/Awards/

# Posted on May 17th 2009 by fuzzygreen

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Hmm, my friend at Richmond University has a music scholarship, but she's minoring in it and majoring architecture. You could search about and try for that! Good luck!

Cheers,
Armand

# Posted on May 17th 2009 by fiddlinviolinin

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Armand....your freind has an amazing calling. She will have a choice of being a starving musician or a starving architect. When I went to school, they didn't give many scholarships for either avocation.

In my career, the music has been much more stable than architecture.........sad commentary. And, I have never had a bride sue me for a professional liability after her wedding ;-)

In my next life I go to law school... and will probably play the Music.

# Posted on May 18th 2009 by zippydw

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