The Bach Organ & Keyboard Music Scholarship awards funds to undergraduate students enrolled as a music major or a church organist. The amount of the scholarship is $1,000 and the deadline for applications is June 9th of each year. For eligibility, students must be residents of Rhode Island and a member of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) association. In addition to the application, students must include their high school and college transcript, an essay, a copy of their student aid report, a financial aid award letter from their college (if applicable) and one letter of recommendation from a music teacher or church official.
Rhode Island Foundation
One Union Station
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
401-274-4564
The Ruth K. Jacobs Memorial Scholarship provides financial aid to full-time students studying for career in a church music ministry. Applicants must be junior, senior or graduate students majoring in youth or choral music. Grants are awarded based on interest in church music, ministry of church music as a career and academic merit. To apply, students must submit an application, questionnaire and transcripts. In addition, applicants must include letters from four difference references including a personal reference and references from an ordained minister, a church musician and a music professor. Applications are due by February 1st of each year and a winner will be picked by June 15th. Recipients can be awarded up to $1,500 per year.
Choristers Guild
c/o Ruth K. Jacobs Memorial Scholarship
12404 Park Central Dr., Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75251
469-398-3607
www.choristersguild.org
Established in 1995, the Charlotte H. Bagnall Scholarship awards grants to church musicians interested in pursing a degree in religious music and liturgy. The scholarship awards range from $500 to $2,500. The scholarships are intended to support musicians who want to improve their abilities to perform during worship services. Typically, the scholarship funds are use for music festivals, camps, seminars and organ lessons. Eligibility for this scholarship differs from odd to even years. During odd-numbered years the scholarship is only available to high school-age musicians, and in even-numbered years, the scholarship is open to musicians of all ages beyond the junior year of high school.
The Charlotte Hoyt Bagnall Scholarship Committee
17 Beaverbrook Road.
West Simsbury, CT 06092
860-658-7406
www.chbscholarship.com