Grants for Music Study

BMI Foundation

• The BMI Foundation offers eights scholarships, including the Latin Scholarship Competition for Puerto Rico and the United States, the John Lennon Scholarships and the Lionel Newman Conducting Scholarship. The Joseph A. Carriere grant is awarded to students at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville each year. Applications for other grants and scholarships are by invitation only.

  BMI Foundation
  320 West 57th St.
  New York, NY 10018
  Bmifoundation.org

National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

• The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) provides funds to state music associations for scholarship and grant awards. According to NASAA, state agencies supplied 3,500 musicians with scholarships, grants and fellowships in 2009. (See References 3) To apply, individuals must contact their state agency for application guidelines. The NASAA website has a state-wide agency list.

  National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
  1022 Vermont Ave., 2nd Floor
  Washington, DC 20004
  202-357-5988
  Nassa-arts.org

ASCAP Foundation

• The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) encourages and promotes artists involved in music. The Foundation awards 26 scholarships through the financial aid offices of colleges and universities. Also, the Foundation offers fellowships and grants to musicians directly. Scholarships offered include the Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller Scholarship, W.C. Handy & Louis Armstrong Scholarship and Ira Gershwin Scholarship.

  The ASCAP Foundation
  One Lincoln Plaza
  New York, NY 10024
  212-622-6218
  ascapfoundation.org

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation

• The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides the Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships for community college students to transfer to four-year universities. The foundation partners with other educational organizations to provide grants to students interested in music and the arts. They award more than 50 scholarships every year up to $30,000. The foundation also has the Young Scholars Program and the Graduate Scholarship. Students can apply for grants as early as the eighth grade. Accepted applicants will receive mentoring and financial support for music study. After high school, they can apply for undergraduate and graduate college scholarships.

  Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
  44225 Woodridge Parkway
  Lansdowne, VA 20175
  800-488-6478
  Jkcf.org