Music
Scholarship Competitions
Named Scholarships
Faculty members nominate students for these awards. No application is required.
Jill McAllister Memorial Musicology Award
Requirement: Graduate student in musicology with an interest in opera
Nicholas Temperley Award
Requirement: Music student with a strong dissertation
Nancy Kennedy Wustman Memorial Award in Vocal Accompanying
Requirement: Accompanying student
Theatre
Selection criteria stipulated by the donors are used in awarding scholarships. If no criteria have been specified, the departmental advisory committee judges students on the basis of (1) their academic record; (2) their talent in, and commitment to, theatrical production through participation in Department of Theatre productions and/or auditions and portfolio reviews; (3) their potential for growth; and (4) financial need.
Michael Filerman Scholarship
Requirements: The recipient should be talented, exhibit a love for the theatre, and be dedicated to promoting the theatre arts. It is the donor’s preference that all recipients have a critical need: but for the assistance provided by the fund, the student might not be able to continue his or her education.
Amount: $3,000 to be distributed among several recipients
Wilbur B. Menefee Fellowship
Requirement: Preference given to students pursuing scenic design
Amount: About $38,000 to be distributed among several recipients
Lloyd and Edna Morey Scholarship
Requirements: Students in need of financial assistance and of good character, integrity, and industry; selection made on a competitive basis. Three-fourths of the fund will be used as a fellowship for a student of superior ability in dramatic work; one-fourth will be used for prizes for superior work in the field.
Amount: $2,000 to be distributed among several recipients
Jeanette Watkins Reed Theatre Graduate Student Scholarship
Requirement: Talented and deserving student
Amount: $8,000 to be distributed among several recipients
R. B. Ulrich Scholarship
Requirement: Deserving student
Amount: About $1,200 to be distributed among several recipients
West Coast Theatre Scholarship
Requirement: None
Amount: $400 to be distributed among recipients