Music Financial Aid/Scholarships
Eligibility |Application Deadline | Application Process | Graduate Teaching Fellowships | Music Work-Study | Non-Music Financial Aid

ELIGIBILITY
Admitted undergraduate and graduate music majors are eligible for scholarships, which may be granted for more than one year. Most music awards are given on the basis of musical achievement and academic accomplishment. Some scholarships in music include the criterion of financial need. To determine scholarship recipients, School of Music and Dance faculty rely on the applicant's academic record, application file, and an audition, if applicable.

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APPLICATION DEADLINE
For both graduate and undergraduate applicants the application deadline is January 15. Applications postmarked after January 15 may lose priority consideration. If January 15th falls on a holiday or weekend, the deadline date becomes the next weekday.

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APPLICATION PROCESS
Undergraduate Applicants
All students are evaluated for scholarships based on their auditions and their application materials. There is no separate application for music scholarships. A complete application includes:
1. a resume of your musical experience
2. a repertoire list (works you have performed)
3. three letters of reference (two of these must be from music teachers)

If you have further questions please contact the undergraduate music office at audition@uoregon.edu

Graduate Applicants
Graduate music students who wish to apply for a scholarship and/or a graduate teaching fellowship must check the appropriate box(es) in the scholarship and GTF consideration section of the music graduate application.

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GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS
Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTF) and graduate scholarships are awarded to admitted graduate music majors on a competitive basis. Prospective candidates for GTF awards are evaluated on the contents of the application file, and/or the audition, and interview, if applicable.

Graduate teaching fellowships include a stipend as well as a tuition waiver and excellent medical insurance benefits.

Past fellowships have been awarded in the following areas: Athletic Bands, Brass, Choral Conducting, Collaborative Piano, Composition, Ethnomusicology, Jazz Studies, Intermedia Music Technology, Music Education, Music Theory, Musicology, Percussion, Piano Pedagogy, Strings, Voice/Opera, Wind Ensemble, Conducting, Woodwinds

Please note: Not all areas award fellowships every year.

Applicants interested in applying for a GTF in music theory must take and pass the "Qualifying Examination for a Fellowship in Teaching Undergraduate Music Theory." The theory qualifying examination is administered by proctor only and the completed exam must be received by Jack Boss no later than January 29, 2009 for priority consideration.

Applicants are responsible for identifying a proctor (normally a professor in your home institution), scheduling the exam, and providing the proctor with the email address for the School of Music and Dance theory department chair, Jack Boss (email: jfboss@uoregon.edu). The proctor is asked to email Jack Boss indicating his/her willingness to proctor the examination. The examination and administration information will then be sent to the proctor electronically.

Study Guide for Qualifying Exam for a GTF in Teaching Undergraduate Music Theory (pdf)

GTF openings in areas outside music are announced on the Graduate School website. Additional GTF information can be found at the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation website.

If you have further questions please contact the graduate music office at gmusadm@uoregon.edu or (541) 346-5268 or (541) 346-5664.

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MUSIC WORK-STUDY
Numerous student jobs are available in the School of Music and Dance; most are ONLY available to students with work-study hours. Music work-study jobs range from box office, stage crew, music librarian, office workers, program writing, computer lab monitors, and ensemble set-up. Most job assignments are made in September, and require a short interview and/or résumé to show experience in related areas. Inquire in the music office early in orientation week.

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NON-MUSIC FINANCIAL AID
In addition to School of Music and Dance scholarships, individuals are encouraged to apply for other scholarships through the University of Oregon Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.

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