Department of Music
Arts Building
Room 3.01.58 | (210) 458-4354
UTSA Music Scholarships are awarded to students who wish to major in music at UTSA. Scholarships may also be available to non-music majors based on ensemble needs. Students will be awarded scholarships based on auditions and other supporting information, in addition to the needs of the Department of Music. Students who wish to be considered for a music scholarship at their audition must check the appropriate box on the audition application.
ALFREDO FLORES / ALAMO MUSIC ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN MUSIC
Award: Number and amount of award may vary
- Must be a music major
- Must have and maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must demonstrate financial need as determined by Student Financial Aid
- Must be a graduate of a Bexar County, Texas, high school
- Application requirement: Audition
SAN ANTONIO MUSICAL CLUB SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number and amount of awards vary and is dependent upon funding
- Must be a music major
- Must maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA
- Must demonstrate financial need as determined by Student Financial Aid
NATHANIEL STOKES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN MUSIC
Award: $1,500 for the academic year ($750 per semester) awarded every other year, if funds are available
- Must be enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 credit hours) as an undergraduate and actively pursuing a degree in music at UTSA
- Preference given to those who demonstrated financial need as determined by the FAFSA
- Application requirement: Successful audition and a 1,000-word essay on "Why Music is My Chosen Career Field"
The following scholarships are based on these requirements:
- Must maintain music major status with a minimum course load of 15 credit hours per semester (6 hours per semester for graduate students)
- Must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA and minimum 3.0 GPA in music courses each semester
- Must enroll in both applied music lessons and assigned music ensemble each semester
- Must make an exemplary contribution to the Department of Music through music performance and studies and make satisfactory progress toward completion of the degree
- Vocalists must audition for Madrigal Singers each fall semester and Opera Workshop each spring semester
- Application requirement: Audition
MUSIC ENSEMBLE SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Preference shall be given to applicants who have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average and who enroll in at least 15 credit hours per semester (6 hours per semester for graduate students).
EVELYN BERG ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be a music major
- Must enroll in at least 15 hours for undergraduate and 9 hours for graduate
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
RICH BRAUNE ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP IN MUSIC
Award: One $1,500 award
- Must be an undergraduate/graduate student actively pursuing a music degree in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts
- Must select keyboard (piano) as their area of concentration.
- Must be making satisfactory progress toward completion of a music degree
- Must enroll in both applied music lessons and assigned music ensemble each semester
- Piano students must audition for the Keyboard area for scholarship consideration
- Preference shall be given to applicants who have a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA and a minimum 3.0 GPA in music courses each semester and who enroll in at least 15 credit hours per semester as undergraduates (6 hours per semester for graduate students)
EMILY WELLS BROWN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: $500 to $1,000 a year; number of awards vary
- Available in all areas of music
JOSEPH E. BROWN MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN VOICE ESTABLISHED BY THE UTSA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be undergraduate majoring in music with voice as the principal instrument
ANNA MAY DAY MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Must be an undergraduate student enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum 12 hours)
- Must maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA
- Must specialize in voice, band, an orchestral instrument or keyboard
RONEALE DUNCAN MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Must be enrolled in at least 15 credit hours as an undergraduate
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
FRIENDS OF MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Amount varies
- Must be a music major
THERESA GORDON ENDOWED VOICE SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Must be majoring in voice performance, or voice must be principal instrument
- Must be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate students and 6 hours for graduate students
ANDREW GURWITZ MEMORIAL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Available in all areas of music
- Must be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate students and 6 hours for graduate students
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
BESS HIERONYMUS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Must major in organ performance, or organ must be principal instrument
JANICE K. HODGES ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN PIANO
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Must major in piano, or piano must be principal instrument
- Must be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate students and 6 hours for graduate students
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
SUE JOCKUSCH ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Available in all areas of music
- Must be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate students and 6 hours for graduate students
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
RHODERICK KEY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Available in all areas of music
SAMUEL A. AND PAMELA R. KIRKPATRICK ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Available in all areas of music
LO BELLO BAND SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be an undergraduate or graduate student actively participating in the UTSA Athletic Bands (including the UTSA Marching Band)
- Must have graduated from a high school in Bexar County
- Preference shall be given to applicants who have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average and are enrolled on a full-time basis (12 hours for undergraduate and 9 hours for graduate students) during award year unless in final semester before graduation
- Must demonstrate financial need as determined by the University's Office of Student Financial Aid
MUSIC FACULTY AND ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIPS
Award: Number of awards and amount vary
- Available in all areas of music
- Must be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate students and 6 hours for graduate students
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
OPERA GUILD ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN VOCAL MUSIC EDUCATION
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be a music major with a concentration in voice and declared interest in opera and be actively pursuing a degree in Music Studies
- Must have at least junior status by the time of awarding
OPERA GUILD ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN VOICE
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be a music major with a concentration in voice, with the intention to enter the professional field of opera or musical theatre
- Applicants must be enrolled in a minimum of 15 credit hours as undergraduate or a minimum of 6 credit hours as a graduate student
LINDA POETSCHKE SCHOLARSHIP IN VOICE
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be a voice major, or voice must be principal instrument
- Must be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate students
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
PRESSER FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP
Award: One award of $5,000 a year
- Must be a music major
- Awarded at the end of the junior year
STEWART R. AND MARIANNE C. REUTER ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN VOCAL PERFORMANCE
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be pursuing a bachelor of music with a vocal performance concentration or major
- Must have and maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA during period of award
- Must be enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum of 12 semester hours)
- Preference will be given to students who have achieved junior or senior status
MR. AND MRS. STAND STUDER, SR. ENDOWMENT IN VOICE
Award: Amount of award varies
- Awards will be made to fund voice study travel awards to assist music students with expenses related to participation in vocal enrichment programs
- Applicants may be undergraduate or graduate students actively pursuing a music degree and must select vocal music as their area of concentration
- Must be making satisfactory progress toward completion of a music degree as determined by the official award committee
JOE AND CHRIS STUESSY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP IN MUSIC
Award: Amount of award varies
- Must be an undergraduate music major
- Must be enrolled in 15 hours for undergraduate students
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
STURCHIO FAMILY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number and amount of awards vary
- Must be pursuing a Bachelor of Music Studies degree with emphasis in all-level instrumental music
- Must have completed a minimum of 60 hours of college credit toward an undergraduate degree
- Must be enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum 12 hours)
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
UTSA MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND CAMP SCHOLARSHIP
Award: Number of awards and amounts vary
- Must be an undergraduate or graduate student actively pursuing a degree in the Department of Music or its successor with a preference for students with a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument as their primary instrument
- Must be making satisfactory progress toward completion of a music degree
- Preference shall be given to applicants who have a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average and enroll full-time (15 hours for undergraduates and 9 hours for graduate students)
MARJORIE POWELL ZACHRY MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT FOR PIANO SCHOLARS
Award: Number and amounts of awards vary
- Must be majoring in piano as the principal instrument
- Must be enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum 12 hours fund undergraduate and 9 hours for graduate)
- Must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA
MARJORIE POWELL ZACHRY MEMORIAL ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP FOR STRINGS
Award: At least $1000 per academic year; number and amount of awards may vary
- Must have orchestral string instrument as principal instrument
- Preference will be given to students who have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 and who enroll in 15 semester credit hours per semester (6 hours for graduate)
KATHLEEN WEIR AND ALBERT VALE SCHOLARSHIP IN VOICE
Award: Number and amount of awards vary
- Must be a voice major, or voice must be principal instrument
KATHLEEN WEIR AND ALBERT VALE SCHOLARSHIP IN VOICE EXCELLENCE
Award: Number and amount of awards vary
- Must be enrolled full-time (12 hrs. for undergraduate and 9 hrs. for graduate)
- Must have been accepted as a music major with a concentration in voice
- Applicants may be incoming freshman, undergraduate, transfer student, or graduate student
VALE GRADUATE ENRICHMENT FELLOWSHIP
Award: Number and amount of awards vary
- Must be a graduate student actively pursuing a Master of Music degree
- Must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA in music courses and enroll full-time each semester (9 hrs.)
CHARLOTTE LOUISE DASHELL AND LOTA M. SPELL MUSIC EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
Award: At least one award of $1000 per academic year; number and amount of awards vary
- Must be a music major pursuing a degree in music education
- Must be enrolled on a full time basis (12 credit hours undergraduate and 9 credit hours graduate, 6 credit hours if completing student teaching requirement)
- Undergraduate applicants must have completed at least 59 credit hours an d have successfully completed Music Studies I and have a cumulative GPA of 2.5
- New Graduate applicants must have earned a cumulative GPA of 2.5 in undergraduate work and continuing Graduate applicant must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0
- Applicant must demonstrate and intention to teach music to children between the ages of 3-12
- Application requirements: Completed Charlotte Louise Dashiell and Lota M. Spell Music Education Scholarship application form; to include an official transcript of all college work, two completed faculty recommendation forms, and an essay that addresses the applicant's professional goals and intent to teach children ages 3-12
