Congratulations to the 26 music majors from throughout Ohio who have won Tuesday Musical's 2025 Annual Scholarship Competition.
Now in its 69th year, the adjudicated annual competition provides support for music majors from throughout Ohio who are embarking on careers as music educators and performers.
Nearly 130 applicants from 12 schools applied to compete this year for 29 scholarships ranging from $750 to $2,000 each and totaling a record-breaking $41,050.
Categories judged March 22 at The University of Akron included music education, brass, classical guitar, piano, marimba/classical steel drum, strings, voice, and woodwinds. The organ category was judged March 15 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Akron.
New for 2025 is a 2nd-place award in the organ category. Two other scholarships are newly named and anonymously endowed: the Barbara Kingsbury Eaton Scholarship in the voice category and the George Pope Scholarship in the woodwinds category. Both are named for longtime Tuesday Musical board members and supporters.
Bravo to all who competed and are embarking on careers as music educators and performers.
And, our thanks go to the many volunteers, donors, judges, and teachers who make the competition possible every year!
Final Round & Winners Concert
The first- and second-place winners in the performance categories will be invited to perform in the competition’s Final Round/Winners Concert on Sunday, May 4, 2:30 p.m. at The University of Akron’s Guzzetta Recital Hall, 157 University Ave.
Two additional adjudicated scholarships — one for $1,000 and one for $2,000 — will be awarded. The audience will also pick the winner of the John M. Ream Jr. DDS People's Choice Award of $500.
The May 4 Final Round/Winners Concert and post-concert reception are free and open to the public.