Scholarships
Music Scholarships
No separate application for undergraduate or graduate student scholarships is necessary. Scholarships are offered and awarded based upon the application and audition. Note: To qualify, you must audition no later than the last Audition Day. Late auditions will not be considered for scholarships.
William F. Black Scholarship in Jazz Studies
Awarded to talented and deserving undergraduate students who are majoring in Jazz Studies.
Jonathan Randall Black Music Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students in Music with a preference for graduates of Pinecrest High School (Pinehurst, NC).
Dr. John Boda Music Composition Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music Composition, with a preference for juniors or seniors.
Susan Elizabeth Brown Music Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students majoring in Music.
Burke Endowed Scholarship In Clarinet
Awarded on the basis of merit to a student in Music whose principal instrument is clarinet.
Burlington Industries Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Anne Johnson Byrd ’45 Music Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of financial need, talent and/or academic performance to full-time undergraduate students majoring in Music. Preference given to students from Harnett County, NC.
Marie Cranford Carter Music Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students majoring in Music.
Barbara & Herman Cone Jr. Music Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students majoring in Music.
Alyse Smith Cooper Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music, with a preference for students who are majoring in voice, piano, or organ.
Patricia Haines Copley Music Scholarship
Awarded to a student in Music whose principal instrument is piano.
Marion Stedman Covington Music Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of academic achievement and/or musical talent to undergraduate students majoring in Music.
Elizabeth Cowling Music Scholarship
Awarded primarily on the basis of academic achievement to students in Music. Financial need may also be considered in selecting recipients.
Richard Cox Vocal Arts Scholarship
Awarded to students in Music who are voice majors, concentrating in choral conducting or pedagogical studies, opera performance, or other vocal arts concentrations.
UNCG Double Reed Endowed Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students in Music whose principal instrument is oboe or bassoon.
Hermene Warlick Eichorn Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Matthew E. Russ And Ann Fitzmaurice-Russ Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students majoring Psychology; Sociology; and Jazz Studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts; and to graduate students in the Creative Writing Program in the English Department. Scholarship will rotate among these departments, so that each department makes awards once every four years.
Louise G. Fleming ’41 and Dr. Thomas S. Fleming Music Scholarship
Awarded to talented and deserving undergraduate students in Music, who are majoring in Music Performance or Music Education.
A.J. Fletcher Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Elizabeth “Betty” Shipmen Bennet Flute Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students in Music who are majoring in flute.
Lewis J. Gaskin Family Harp Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students in Music whose major instrument is Harp.
James Maurice And Sallie Steelman Godbey Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of academic achievement and financial need to undergraduate students majoring in Music. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA for renewal of scholarship.
Elizabeth D. Harris Memorial Scholarship In Music
Awarded on the basis of academic achievement to undergraduate students majoring in Music Education. Financial need may be a factor in selecting recipients.
Roslyn Southerland Harris Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Lawrence E. And Alma Louise Knuckey Hart Graduate Fellowship in Music
Awarded to graduate students majoring in Music.
Ila A. Hensley, Virginia Jeter Sneed & Virginia Elizabeth Sneed Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Hester Undergraduate Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Margaret Mcconnell Holt Music Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of academic achievement to students majoring in Music, with preference for students studying violin.
Martha Jordan Jones Piano Performance Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Piano Performance in the Music Performance Department.
Stan Kenton Memorial Jazz Studies Scholarship
Awarded primarily on the basis of financial need to students studying Jazz in the Music Performance Department.
Dr. George A. & Suzanne T. Kiorpes Piano Scholarship
Awarded to talented and deserving undergraduate student majoring in Piano. May Scholarship may be renewable up to 4 years if recipient maintains satisfactory musical progress and academic standing.
Carolyn M. & Clayton Lee Piano Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music whose principal instrument is piano.
Cramer and Rebecca Taylor Little Music Scholarship
Awarded to full-time undergraduate or graduate students majoring in Music.
Linton/Cooke Family Music Scholarship
Awarded to voice students majoring in Music Education with a concentration in Choral/General Music Education. Recipients will be sophomores and NC residents.
Shirley Golden Lynch & Bert G. Lynch Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music, with preference for students who have financial need.
Marion Moring Stedman Music Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students majoring in Music.
Mock, Dallas & Birch Music Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students in Music with a preference for those whose major instrument is piano or organ.
Grace Van Dyke More Music Scholarship
Awarded to undergraduate students with financial need whose major is Music Education.
Edwin Phillip & Inga Borgstrom Morgan Piano Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music whose principal instrument is piano.
David Moskowitz Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music whose principal instrument is a string instrument.
Music Student And Faculty Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Musical Arts Guild Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Music Departments – Dean’s Award
Awarded to students majoring in Music, with preference for students whose principal instrument is piano.
Music Departments General Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Presser Foundation Music Scholarship
Awarded to a rising senior student majoring in Music.
Laura B. & Christopher C. Tew Viola Scholarship
Awarded to talented and deserving students majoring in Music whose major instrument is Viola.
Elizabeth Fulton Van Noppen Music Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of academic achievement and musical talent to students majoring in Music Education. Financial need may be a consideration in making selections.
Bo Williams & Ish Brady Music Scholarship
Awarded on the basis of financial need to students majoring in Music.
Dr. Lenoir C. Wright Music Scholarship
Awarded to students, enrolled full-time, majoring in Music.
Tom Zirker Memorial Flute Scholarship
Awarded to talented and deserving undergraduate students majoring in Music whose principal instrument is flute.
Joel R. Adams & William P. Carroll Scholarship For Graduate Study In Music
Awarded to graduate students in Music who are majoring in Choral Conducting, Vocal Performance or Composition.
Doris Huffines Bernhardt Graduate Award In Music
Awarded to graduate students in Music.
William F. Black Scholarship In Jazz Studies
Awarded to talented and deserving undergraduate students who are majoring in Jazz Studies.
Burlington Industries Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Todd Owen Carter Music Fund
Awarded to graduate music students with a preference for those majoring in choral or instrumental conducting.
Dorothy Buchanan Collins Fellowship In Music
Awarded primarily on the basis of academic achievement to graduate students in Music, with first preference given to those concentrating on vocal performance. Financial need will be an important secondary consideration in selecting recipients.
Richard Cox Vocal Arts Scholarship
Awarded to students in Music who are voice majors, concentrating in choral conducting or pedagogical studies, opera performance, or other vocal arts concentrations.
Hermene Warlick Eichorn Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
A.J. Fletcher Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Roslyn Southerland Harris Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Lawrence E. And Alma Louise Knuckey Hart Graduate Fellowship In Music
Awarded to graduate students majoring in Music.
Ila A. Hensley, Virginia Jeter Sneed & Virginia Elizabeth Sneed Music Scholarship
Awarded to students majoring in Music.
Cramer and Rebecca Taylor Little Music Scholarship
Awarded to full-time undergraduate or graduate students majoring in Music.
Joy Culbreth Morrison Graduate Fellowship In Music
Awarded to a graduate student majoring in Music.
Schiffman High School Composition Competition
Award: A one-time, non-renewable $500 Scholarship to the UNCG School of Music.
Eligibility
Entrants must be currently enrolled in an accredited public or private high school in North America, graduating in the spring. There is no restriction concerning citizenship.
Composers entering the competition should be prepared to enter college or university in the fall semester following the competition.
To be eligible to receive the award, the winner of the competition must be accepted into an undergraduate degree program of the UNCG School of Music and enrolled for the fall semester following the competition.
Composers entering the competition need not apply for admission to UNCG at this time, but must complete an application before the last audition date for the current year.
**For admission requirements, see this page.
Submissions
Composers are invited to submit legible scores for up to two (2) original compositions for any combination of instruments.
Students entering the competition must complete the competition entry form.
Click here for online entry form: PDF | Word
Judging
The competition will be judged by the UNCG School of Music composition faculty; the decision of the judges is final. If in their opinion no submitted works are worthy of the award, none will be made.
**Scores and completed competition entry forms should be sent to:
Harold Schiffman High School Composition Competition
Dr. Mark Engebretson
UNCG School of Music
PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Submissions must be received by the last School of Music audition date, generally in late February.
Notification
The winning composer will be notified by April 15th.
About Harold Schiffman
Composer Harold Schiffman was born in 1928 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He studied at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The University of California at Berkeley, and The Florida State University, Tallahassee. His principal composition teacher was Roger Sessions with whom he studied at the University of California, as well as privately in Berkeley and again later in Princeton, New Jersey, following three years of service (1951-54) in the U. S. Army. In Tallahassee, a further influential mentor was Ernst von Dohn‡nyi. Appointed to the faculty of the Florida State University School of Music in 1959, Harold Schiffman retired from the position of Professor of Composition in 1983 and was designated Professor Emeritus in 1985. He was founding director of the Florida State University Festival of New Music in 1981.
Schiffman’s music was presented in a retrospective concert in Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center in 1981, and his music has been performed often throughout the world. His publishers include Associated/G. Schirmer, New York; Robert King (Alphonse Leduc, Paris); Southern Music Co., San Antonio; Columbia Music Co., Chapel Hill; and Andres Editions, Tallahassee. Mr. Schiffman’s compositions can be heard on recordings issued by North/South Recordings, Centaur and Amoris International.
The Harold Schiffman High School Composition Competition Endowment was established by an anonymous donor in 2006, in honor of Mr. Schiffman’s life and work in music. For more information about Harold Schiffman, please refer to his website: