High School Band Scholarships

Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition

• The Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition provides scholarships up to $4,500 to instrumentalists, including high school band members. The scholarships may be used as the winner sees fit. Eligible applicants are either high school seniors and freshman college students who intend to make music a central part of their future, according to the scholarship website. Previous high school seniors are eligible to reapply as freshman. The competition is divided into three steps: application, competition and performance. Applicants submit audio and an application. Twenty finalists are chosen to compete. A final stage show takes place once the contestants are narrowed down to six; the awards are then presented to contest winners.

  Glenn Miller Birthplace Society
  107 East Main Street
  P.O. Box 61
  Clarinda, IA, 51632
  712-542-2461.
  glennmiller.org

Marine Band Concerto Competition

• The president's exclusive United States Marine Band, along with the National Association for Music Education and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, hosts yearly concert competitions intended for high school students. Eligible students must play a brass, woodwind or percussion instrument, according to the organization's website. Applicants must submit a recording of a song listed for their instrument in the scholarship's applicant guide. The competition winner earns a $2,500 grand prize along with the opportunity to appear as a guest soloist in the band.

  The National Association for Music Education
  Attn: The Marine Band Concerto Competition
  1806 Robert Fulton Drive
  Reston, VA 20191
  202-433-5809
  marineband.usmc.mil

The School Band and Orchestra Magazine Scholarship

• The "School Band and Orchestra" magazine provides 10 $1,000 grants for middle and high school students, whether they attend public, private or home schools. Five $1,000 scholarships are granted to students in fourth-grade to eighth-grade; five $1000 awards are also given to students in grades eight through 12. The magazine donates $1,000 worth of musical equipment to the schools of each winner, as well. Students must explicate the significance of music and art curriculum's in no more than 250 words. The essay contest may be completed with ease, as it does not require application supplements. Essays must be submitted to the organization's website by the end of each year.

  SBO Magazine
  21 Highland Circle
  Suite One
  Needham, MA 02494
  781-453-9310
  sbomagazine.com