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Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition

Glenn Miller Birthplace Society
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About the Scholarship

Opens: 1/1/2025
Closes: 6/10/2025

Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition recognizes and rewards, with college scholarships, present and prospective college music majors.

Win up to
$3,000
  • Essay Required: No
  • Need-Based: No
  • Merit-Based: No
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Requirements
  • Eligible to apply are 1) graduating high school seniors planning to major in music in college; and 2) freshmen music majors at an accredited college, university, or school of music.
  • Both instrumentalists and vocalists may compete.
  • Those who entered as high school seniors and did not win first place are eligible to enter again as college freshmen.
  • Each entrant must submit an audition tape or CD, from which 10 instrumentalist finalists and 10 vocalist finalists are selected.
  • Finalists audition in person.
  • They must perform a composition of concert quality, up to 5 minutes in length, sight read selections chosen by the judges, and perform technical exercises.
  • They must also submit a statement that they intend to make music performance or teaching a central part of their future life.
  • Selection is based on talent in any field of applied music; the competition is not intended to select Glenn Miller lookalikes or sound-alikes.
  • Applicants selected as finalists on the basis of their audition tapes are responsible for their own transportation expenses to go to Clarinda to perform at the auditions.

    • Details

    Pursued Degree Level
    Bachelor's Degree
    Current Grade
    High School Senior, College Freshman, College Sophomore
    Location
    • Country: US
    Intended Area of Study
    Music Teacher Education, Music, Voice and Opera
    Activities
    Music, Singing

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