Scholarships

TBA

Allen Music Scholarship

Awards of up to $1,000 are available for continuing music majors.

Bancroft Scholarship, Dwight & Lavina

This award is available to upper-division, full-time music or business majors who are graduates of a Humboldt or Del Norte County high school. Applications must be submitted through the Humboldt Area Foundation's online scholarship application.

Barlow Music Award

Awards are up to $2,000 and are available to freshmen, transfer or continuing music students.

Carder Music Scholarship Fund

$1,500 (minimum award) to a student in need, preference to a student  who plays a string instrument.

Carla Peterson Powell Voice Scholarship

$1,000 award is available to voice majors; based solely upon vocal talent and potential.

Charles L. Moon Music Scholarship

Available to incoming and continuing music majors. One scholarship will be given to an outstanding piano student and another to an outstanding music theory student (preference given to a pianist). The minimum amount for each scholarship is $1,000. Recipients must maintain a 3.0 GPA. Preference will be given to students with an expressed interest in pursuing an advanced music education and training beyond the baccalaureate level, such as a Master’s degree or PhD.

Fulkerson Family String and Keyboard Instrument Scholarship

$500 award is available to a full-time student majoring in Music with a demonstrated interest in string instrument or keyboard instrument, including, but not limited to the cello, violin, viola, bass, and piano, with the exception of guitar.

Humboldt Pipe Organ Scholarship

This scholarship is available to a full-time student in academic good standing who have demonstrated an interest in the pipe organ. Preference will be given to music majors. One $1,000 award is available.

Kenneth Hannaford Memorial Scholarship

$1,000 award is available to voice majors with potential to contribute significantly to the department through participation in at least two Humboldt vocal ensembles.

Mary and Robert Richards Scholarship

Two $450 awards are available to Humboldt music students who demonstrate motivation and potential. Applications must be submitted through the Humboldt Area Foundation's online scholarship application.

Maxine & MacDougal Armstrong Music Student Endowed Scholarship

Merit-based awards, up to $1,000 are available to music majors.

Music Department Scholarship

Number and amount of awards vary. Awards are available in the following areas for music majors and non-majors: piano, brass, voice, woodwind, percussion, string or composition.

Schapiro Family Music Scholarship Fund

One $1,000 award is available to Humboldt students majoring in Music - preference is for students studying strings, piano, or voice.

Specific requirements for music scholarships

• Must enroll as a full-time student with a minimum of 12 units.
• Must participate in at least two Music Department performance ensembles per semester, one of which will be assigned by the department through consultation with the advisor and ensemble directors.
• Must receive instruction in your primary applied area by a member of the Humboldt Music Faculty.
• Must maintain satisfactory performance in studio lessons and ensembles.
• As part of the application process for incoming and transfer students, you will be asked to upload files of two contrasting audio/video examples of your playing. Accompaniment of your playing/singing is welcome but not required. (Please contact the music department if you have trouble uploading your recordings.)
   

John & Ethelyn Pauley Scholarship

For undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a Theatre Arts degree. Awarded for creative potential and innovative ability in Theatre Arts. Amounts and numbers of scholarships are estimates, dependent on funding. To apply, upload a letter of application explaining why you should be considered, 2-4 letters of recommendation from faculty, and a resume of activities or artistic work including prizes won and/or awards conferred

James M. Floss Theatre Arts Fund

An award of $2,000 annually for 5 years for major or minor students in Theatre Arts including acting, directing, and storytelling. Commitment to and focus on theatre arts will be evaluated by the Department of Dance, Music & Theatre during the selection process, including a brief essay question in which candidates will describe their interest and experience in Theatre.