2010 Scholarship Winners
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UVMTA Scholarship Program
Junior Scholarships
Scholarships are available to all students taking from UVMTA members
who are in grades 8-11 at the
time of auditions, and may be used toward a summer music camp, private
music lessons, or music instructional materials. As many as
twenty scholarships may be awarded. Each grade level will be judged
separately. Three winners from each grade with up to two
Honorable Mentions may be awarded at the discretion of the judges.
Senior Scholarships
The Senior Scholarship is available to all students taking from
UVMTA members who are high school seniors at the time of auditions.
The scholarship may be used toward tuition at college or university
of choice or toward private music instruction for college
credit. A minimum of first, second, and third places are awarded.
Audition Requirements
- Student must be playing at least pre-advanced level music.
- Student must have participated in at least three UVMTA
Junior Music Festivals
(not necessarily consecutively)
- Student's teacher must be an Active Member or Active Student Member
of UVMTA
- Student must perform two memorized, original pieces (no arrangements)
by different composers of contrasting styles or periods. Concertos
(except piano concertos) are accepted with the same requirements
as the Junior Music Festival. (Memorization for organ is not
required.)
- Time limits range from 6 to 10 minutes as shown below.
- A scholarship winner may not audition for a subsequent EVITA
scholarship by performing the same selections with which
the student has previously won. Subsequent solos must be different
repertoire.
Audition Time Limits
| 8th-9th Grade |
6 min |
| 10th-11th Grade |
8 min |
| Seniors |
10 min |
Downloadable PDF Scholarship Application is available on the
Forms page.
2010 Information
Auditions: Sat, April 24, BYU-I Campus, Snow building
Concert: Sat, April 24, 5pm, BYU-I Campus, Snow building
Application Fee: Junior - $12, Senior $15
Application Deadline: March 6, 2010
Live Auditions: All auditions will be live this year. No taped entries allowed.
Junior Awards: We plan to award scholarship amounts similar to the outline below.
Junior Awards
| Grade |
Award |
Hon Mntn |
| 8th |
$100.00 |
$50.00 |
| 9th |
$125.00 |
$60.00 |
| 10th |
$150.00 |
$75.00 |
| 11th |
$175.00 |
$85.00 |
|
Senior Awards
| Place |
Award |
| First |
$500.00 |
| Second |
$400.00 |
| Third |
$300.00 |
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