Music Merit Scholarship

(only scholarship available to incoming freshmen)

Each year Emory College offers several half-tuition music merit scholarships to incoming freshman who show exceptional promise in their applied area.  Scholarships are awarded to students who plan participate in a large ensemble.  Students who wish to be considered for these scholarships must meet all admission requirements of Emory University and should plan on majoring in music. All auditioning students are considered for the scholarship; no additional paperwork is required. Scholarship recipients will be notified in April.

Application Deadline: February 1 of your senior year.

All Emory students may audition to declare a music major once they arrive on campus; however, only high-school seniors who audition by February 1 of their senior year will be considered for a Music Merit Scholarship.

Boykin Scholarship

Due to a generous grant given by Mrs. Miriam Boykin, the Department of Music provides one scholarship each semester for students to study with music faculty. These are intended for prospective majors (freshman and sophomores), although non-majors with good performance credentials will also be considered. The scholarship is awarded both on the basis of need and musical merit. If the scholarship is awarded, the student music enroll in Music 310 and satisfy all the requirements of that course. Interested students should contact the Area Coordinator for further information and an application.

Scholarships are renewable for one additional semester upon evidence of satisfactory progress. The deadline for application is always the first class day of the fall semester.

William Lemonds Scholarship for Summer Study Abroad

The William Lemonds Scholarship for Summer Study Abroad is made each spring to a voice or choral student entering a program of music study outside of the United States during the summer. The amount of this award varies from year to year and certain conditions apply. Application forms are available in the Music Department office BRB 230, or click here to print the form.

Blumenthal Award

The Katherine Blumenthal Award is funded by a generous endowment to the Department of Music.  Ms. Blumenthal was a music major at Emory from1996 to 2000 with interests in vocal performance and composition. Students who are performing a junior, senior, or honors solo recital are eligible to apply. Selection criteria include the merit of the proposed project and the faculty’s assessment of the student’s work to that point.

Performers may use the award to commission a new work to be performed by the student and/or to hire accompanying musicians in the performance of a recently composed work.  Composers and Jazz Musicians may use the award to hire musicians in the performance of original compositions.  Interested students should contact Dr. Steven Everett via email at gsevere@emory.edu.

Atlanta Symphony Chorus Robert Shaw Memorial:  Outstanding Singer Award

This $1500 scholarship is awarded each year to an outstanding rising junior music major in voice.  Students seeking this award should make application to a member of the voice faculty no later than April 1 of the sophomore year.  The scholarship will be granted during the student’s junior and senior years.

Sudler Prize in the Arts

The Sudler Prize in the Arts is awarded annually to the graduating senior who has demonstrated the highest standard of proficiency in one or more of the performing or creative arts. It may be given for performance, execution, or composition in the field of music, theater, film, painting, sculpture, design, architecture, or allied areas of artistic endeavor. This prize, accompanied by a cash award is awarded at the College Honors Program each commencement. Nominations are made by arts departments.

Friends of Music Award

Each year an undergraduate senior student will be recognized for excellence in music based on performance, academic excellence, leadership, and service. An honorarium is presented at the Friends of Music Annual Dinner.