Music Scholarships

Dr. Shirl Graff FIne Arts Scholarships (2): Stipends up to $750
Southwest Guild Scholarships: Stipends up to $800
Savage Music Scholarships (5): Stipends of $1,000
Ray and Helen Nelson Music Scholarship for String Players (4): stipends up to $1,000 Full Tuition Waivers for Music Majors (11) Fee Waivers: for band members

Music Scholarship Audition Information
* Application and Scholarship forms should be available from your high school counselor. If not, request form from the Financial Aid Office, 435-652-7575

Choral/Vocal Scholarships

The audition for a scholarship in choral/vocal music will consist of:

In personal audition:

• the student's performance of two songs in different musical style (for example, an Italian art song and a piece from a musical theater)
• vocal exercises (vocal range) and sight singing

A cassette tape may be sent in lieu of the personal audition. It must contain the solo described above andthe following unaccompanied exercises: a major scale (sung on any neutral syllable, starting on any comfortable pitch); and major and minor triads (start on the same pitch as the scale). Be sure that the tape is clearly identified with the student's name, address, and phone number. Also, please identify the composer and title of solo. Completed forms and tapes must be received before March 1.

Send materials to:

Dr. Jong Hyun Kim, Director of Choral/Vocal Music
Dixie College Music Department
225 South 700 East
St. George, UT 84770
435-652-7802, e-mail: kim@dixie.edu.

Scholarships for brass, woodwind, percussion and string players

The audition for a scholarship in instrumental music will consist of:

A cassette tape recording of the student's performance of one solo learned during the current year in high school, and an excerpt from a band or orchestra composition from the student's current high school band or orchestra repertoire. The tape must also include a few major and minor scales or scale-type exercises or etudes. The above requirements should demonstrate good tone, sense of rhythm and tempo, technique and overall musicianship.

OR

The student may audition in person and expect to perform the audition as described above.

If a tape is sent, be sure that it is clearly identified with the student's name, address and phone number. Also, please identify the composer and title of solos and excerpts. Completed forms and tapes must be received before March 1.
Contacts about in-person audition times should also be made before March 1.

Send materials to:

Strings:
Dr. Ronald Garner, Director of Chamber Orchestra
Dixie College Music Department
225 South 700 East
St. George, UT 84770
435-652-7996, e-mail: garner@dixie.edu