Band Scholarship

This music program supports incoming first-year students who demonstrate outstanding instrumental talent. It is open to musicians playing any instrument, with the exception of bowed strings. To maintain the funding, recipients are expected to actively participate in either the university band or the jazz ensemble. The university band consists of dozens of players who rehearse weekly and perform several formal concerts and campus events throughout the academic year. The jazz ensemble provides opportunities for guitarists, keyboardists, bassists, wind players, and percussionists to explore improvisation and perform traditional and contemporary jazz repertoire. The selection process involves an initial video submission followed by a live, on-campus audition for chosen finalists.