2025 Music Education Scholarships

Three Available Scholarships

$1,400 Winifred Collins Music Education Scholarship
$1,400 Gertrude Seiberling Music Education Scholarship
$1,000 William Bingham Foundation Music Education Scholarship 

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must not have been born before March 22, 1995.

The Music Education application and $40 application fee must be submitted on-line here from January 1 through February 1, 2025. (The application portal will go live here at 12:01 a.m. on January 1, 2025.)
Spaces are limited, so apply early. Application fees are non-refundable. Fees will be returned only for applications that cannot be accepted; those refunds will be processed immediately after March 22, 2025.
At the time of application, a Music Education applicant must have attained at least junior status and must be currently enrolled and seeking a degree/certification in Music Education at the undergraduate or graduate level.

To be eligible, an applicant must be a resident of Ohio, or their college must be located in Ohio. Spaces are limited, so apply as soon as possible. No person may win two years in a row or more than twice. Judges' decisions are final.

Contact Information

scholarship@tuesdaymusical.org

Applications for Tuesday Musical's 2025 Scholarship Competition will be accepted only on-line from January 1 through February 1, 2025.

You must also submit the following to scholarship@tuesdaymusical.org no later than March 1, 2025:

• Your essay (up to 500 words) focusing on your motivation for choosing a career in music education and a statement of short-term and long-term goals, including specific plans for a career in teaching.
• Your resume listing scholarships, honors, performances, activities and professional music organization memberships, plus other pertinent information and experiences.
• A copy of your current transcript, including all courses in Music Education, current grades, and estimated date of graduation.

Applicants will participate in a 10-15 minute interview with the judge during the 2025 Scholarship Competition on March 22, 2025, in Guzzetta Hall at The University of Akron.

Also on March 25, 2025, Music Education applicants must perform from your performance category. Please choose ONE WORK from the Music Education repertoire requirements found on this website.

Winners will be announced March 22, 2025.

Important Note: Applicants who fail to submit the required materials by the deadlines will be disqualified and will forfeit their application fees.

Music Education applicants must perform ONE WORK from the repertoire listed below in your performance category.

All repertoire that requires accompaniment must be performed with accompaniment‪.‬ ‬‬‬ 
Only repertoire originally written for unaccompanied instrument or voice may be performed without an‬ accompanist‪.‬ ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

* If you have questions regarding acceptable repertoire or wish to receive a list of potential accompanists who may be available in the area, e-mail scholarship@tuesdaymusical.org.

VOICE, all memorized

A. One aria from an opera, oratorio or cantata
B. One art song in German, French or Italian
C. One 20th-21st Century composition in English

STRINGS, INCLUDING STRING BASS, one selection memorized

A. One movement from a Bach unaccompanied work
B. Two contrasting movements of a concerto
C. One Classical, Romantic, or Modern Composition

PIANO, all memorized

A. One work by J.S. Bach
B. Two contrasting movements of a sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert
C. A work or group of works by a Romantic, 20th century, or 21st century composer

CLASSICAL GUITAR

A. One work by J. S. Bach
B. One piece in Classical or Romantic style
C. One 20th-21st Century composition (competitors may play their own compositions)

ORGAN

A. A contrapuntal piece by J.S. Bach
B. One movement from a romantic work
C. One movement of a 20th-21st Century composition

WOODWINDS

FLUTE, one selection memorized

A. One movement of a Classical concerto
B. One Romantic work
C. One 20th-21st Century composition

OBOE/BASSOON/CLARINET, one selection memorized

A. One movement of a Baroque sonata or Romantic work
B. Two contrasting movements of a Classical concerto
C. One 20th-21st Century composition

SAXOPHONE, one selection memorized

A. One movement of a Baroque work transcribed for any saxophone
B. Two contrasting movements from a standard saxophone work, i.e., Glazunov, Ibert, Tomasi, Creston, Milhaud, Villa-Lobos, etc. Single-movement standard works with contrasting sections are also acceptable, i.e. Glazounov, Debussy, etc.
C. One movement of a 20th-21st Century composition: extended techniques suggested but not required

BRASS

TRUMPET

A. First movement of a Haydn or Hummel concerto
B. One movement of a 20th-21st Century composition
C. An additional work of your choice

HORN

A. First movement of a Mozart or Haydn concerto
B. One movement of a 20th-21st Century composition
C. An additional work of your choice

BASS TROMBONE

A. One movement transcription of a Baroque or Classical composition
B. 1st movement of Concerto for Bass Trombone by Eric Ewazen or 1st movement of Sonata for Bass Trombone by Alec Wilder
C. An additional work of your choice

TROMBONE

A. One movement transcription of a Baroque or Classical composition
B. Sonata vox Gabrieli by Stepjan Sulek or Concerto by Launy Grondahl
C. An additional work of your choice

EUPHONIUM

A. One movement transcription of a Baroque or Classical composition
B. Fantasia by Gordon Jacob or 1st movement of the Euphonium Concerto by Joseph Horovitz
C. An additional work of your choice

TUBA

A. One movement transcription of a Baroque or Classical composition
B. 1st movement of the Concerto for Bass Tuba by Ralph Vaughan Williams or the 1st movement of the Sonata by Bruce Broughton
C. An additional work of your choice

MARIMBA/CLASSICAL STEEL PAN 

A. One work featuring marimba and one work featuring classical steel pan — no transcriptions
B. Scroll down for repertoire suggestions.

Marimba suggestions (or you may choose others of similar quality*)

• David Maslanka: Variations on Lost Love
• Eric Ewazen: Northern Lights
• Anna Ignatowicz-Glinska: Toccata
• Keiko Abe: Dream of the Cherry Blossoms
• Pius Cheung: Nocturnes in F Major, Gb Major, F Minor, E Minor
• Elliot Cole: Bloom Suite
• Jacob Druckman: Reflections on the Nature of Water
• Ross Edwards: Marimba Dances
• Eckhard Kopetzki: Kaskada
• Paul Lansky: Three Moves for Marimba
• Minoru Miki: Time for Marimba
• Ney Rosauro: Preludes No. 1-3
• Eric Sammut: Rotations I-IV, Libertango, Variations on Porgy and Bess
• Emmanuel Séjourné: Prelude No. 1
• Paul Smadbeck - Virginia Tate: Rhythm Song
• Andrew Thomas: Merlin

• Blake Tyson: A Cricket Sang and Set The Sun, Firefish

• Alejandro Viñao: Khan Variations
• Kousaku Yamada: Red Dragonfly

• Nebojsa Zivkovic: Ilijas

Classical Steel Pan suggestions (or you may choose others of similar quality*)

• Liam Teague: Cell-O-Vibes
• David Molk: Spice - Canela is one movement from this mutli-movement piece
• Andy Akiho: Omnipresent, Macqueripe, Aka, Hadairo
• Liam Teague: El Rio, Impressions, A Visit to Hell
• Paul Ross: One Child, Little Ryan
• Christopher Belich: Evening Tides, Hurricane

* If you have questions regarding acceptable repertoire, e-mail scholarship@tuesdaymusical.org.