Music Education Scholarships

Applications for Tuesday Musical's 2026 Scholarship Competition will be accepted only online from January 1 through February 1, 2026.

You must also submit the following items to scholarship@tuesdaymusical.org no later than March 1, 2026:

1. 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.
2. Your resume listing scholarships, honors, performances, activities and professional music organization memberships, plus other pertinent information and experiences.
3. A copy of your current transcript, including all courses in Music Education, current grades, and estimated date of graduation.

On the day of the competition, Applicants will participate in: 

1. A 10-15 minute interview with the judge during the 2026 Scholarship Competition on March 21, 2026, in Guzzetta Hall at The University of Akron.
2. A performance of ONE PIECE from your primary instrument's performance category. *Please refer to the repertoire requirements on this page for instrument specific information.

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

• Applications accepted online January 1 through February 1, 2026.
• Music Education Applicant materials (essay, resume, and transcript) must be submitted to scholarship@tuesdaymusical.org by March 1, 2026.
• Students who apply and are accepted will participate in the adjudicated, in-person competition on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Guzzetta Hall at The University of Akron, 157 University Ave., across from EJ Thomas Performing Arts Hall.
• Winners will be announced Saturday, March 21 immediately following the competition.

• Students that have won first-place scholarships twice from Tuesday Musical in the past may not compete again in the same category.
• Applicants must be Ohio residents or studying with a college/university music teacher at an Ohio academic institution.
• Applicants must be currently enrolled in a music-degree program at a college or university.
• Students born before March 21, 1996, are not eligible to apply.
• Scholarships are awarded at the discretion of the judges, whose decisions are final.

$40 is due during the initial application process. Fees are non-refundable. Fees will be returned only for applications that cannot be accepted; those refunds will be processed immediately after March 21, 2026.

2025 Repertoire Requirements for Music Education Applicants

• 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, email scholarship@tuesdaymusical.org.
   

Music Education applicants must perform ONE WORK from the repertoire listed in your primary instrument's performance category listed below:

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VOICE, selection performed memorized
A. One aria from an opera, oratorio or cantata
B. One art song in language other than English
C. One 20th-21st century classical 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, selection performed memorized
A. One work by J.S. Bach, Handel, or Domenico Scarlatti
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

PERCUSSION
A. TBA* (Requirements are currently being finalized by Tuesday Musical's Scholarship Committee and will be posted in early December 2025)

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