Annual Scholarships and Awards

• Career Performance Grant
• Conducting Scholarship for Graduates
• Doctoral Grant
• International Study Grant for Graduate Students
• Jazz Studies Scholarship
• Kennedy Center Internship
• Music Business/Technology Scholarship
• Music Education for Graduate Students
• Music Therapy Scholarship
• Professional Development/Educational Grant
• Musicians with Special Needs Scholarship (formerly under the heading of Visually Impaired Scholarship)
• Summer Opportunities
• Undergraduate Scholarships

• Summer Opportunities
• University of Kansas

The Career Performance Grant, in memory of Verna Ross Orndorff

An annual grant of $5,000 will be awarded to a member of Sigma Alpha Iota for the purpose of advancing her career in performance. The program, open to singers and instrumentalists, will be on a three-year rotation:

• Strings, Woodwinds and Brass 2008
• Piano, Harpsichord, Organ and Percussion 2009
• Voice 2010

Vocalists may be no older than 35, Instrumentalists no older than 32, as of the application deadline date of March 15, 2008.

To be eligible for this award, an applicant must have an undergraduate degree as of application deadline; be preparing for a concert career and demonstrate career potential; must have had considerable performing experience outside the academic environment; and must not be under professional management. Grant funds must be used for advanced study, coaching, or other purposes directly related to the development of a professional performing career.

Each application must be accompanied by a 30-minute CD. The winner will be selected by a professional judging panel from among all the applications postmarked by the deadline date of March 15 each year.

2006 Winner: Amy Lynn Call, Voice, Gamma Iota

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
This form cannot be submitted online, but you can fill out the form on your computer, print it out and mail it in. Please be aware that you CANNOT save the information entered into the application form

For further information, contact Joan Winden, Project Director. Contact information can be found in the Fall issue of Tempo! or from webmaster@sai-national.org.

Conducting Scholarship for Graduates, in Memory of Bobbie Burk

A $2,500 scholarship is offered to a member of Sigma Alpha Iota who is enrolled in a graduate degree program with an emphasis in conducting. Applications must include a videotape of a performance conducted by the applicant.

For further information, contact Mary Ann Sadilek, Project Director. Contact information can be found in the Fall issue of Tempo! or from webmaster@sai-national.org.

2007-2008 Winner: Karen Storms Lecky, Lambda Iota, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Lambda C Province

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
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Doctoral Grant

A grant of $2,500 is awarded to a member of Sigma Alpha Iota who is enrolled in a program leading to a doctoral degree. Dissertations are acceptable in Music Education, Music Therapy, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Theory, Psychology of Music, or Applied Research including Performance or Pedagogy.

2007-2008 Winner: Rebecca Wascoe, Urbana Alumnae, Upsilon B Province

For further information, contact Dr. Gail Robinson-Oturu, Project Director. Contact information can be found in the Fall issue of Tempo! or from webmaster@sai-national.org.

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
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International Study Grant for Graduate Students

Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc. announces an annual grant of $3,000 for music studies outside the United States for initiated members of Sigma Alpha Iota pursuing advanced studies beyond the bachelor’s degree. The purpose of the grant is designed to provide a student with the invaluable experience gained through living and studying in a foreign country.

2007-2008 Winner: Hajnal Pivnick, Alpha Mu, Carnegie Mellon University, Chi B Province

For further information, contact Donna Lee, Project Director

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
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Jazz Studies Scholarship

An applicant for the Jazz Studies Scholarship ($1,500) must be an initiated member of Sigma Alpha Iota in good Financial standing with the Fraternity. The scholarship must be applied toward study leading to a music degree with an emphasis in Jazz Studies.

No 2007-2008 winner.

For further information, contact Jaide Fried-Massin, Project Director. Contact information can be found in the Fall issue of Tempo! or from webmaster@sai-national.org.

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
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Music Education for Graduate Students

In memory of Mabel Biever

Sponsored by the Oak Park Alumnae Chapter

A scholarship of $1,500 will be awarded to a member of Sigma Alpha Iota who has completed an undergraduate degree in Music Education and has been accepted into and/or continuing in an accredited graduate program leading to a masters or doctoral degree in music education. The alumnae member must be in good standing with the fraternity and have paid National Dues. It is preferred that the candidate has had at least one year of teaching experience in a private or public school. Applicants without teaching experience must include a video of student teaching experience and references from her major professor and her student teacher advisor.

For further information, contact Donna Budil, Project Director. Contact information can be found in the Fall issue of Tempo! or from webmaster@sai-national.org

2007-2008 Winner: Maureen Colson, Gamma Delta, State University of New York-Potsdam, Eta B Province

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
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Music Therapy Scholarship

One $1,000 scholarship is available to a undergraduate or graduate member of Sigma Alpha Iota who has successfully completed a minimum of two years approved training toward a degree in music therapy. She must be continuing her studies in this field. This is awarded on the basis of a written application.

2007-2008 Winner: Diana Le, Sigma Chi, University of Miami, Lambda A Province

For further information, contact Michelle Gaddis Kennemer, Project Director. Contact information can be found in the Fall issue of Tempo! or from webmaster@sai-national.org.

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
This form cannot be submitted online, but you can fill out the form on your computer, print it out and mail it in.

Musicians with Special Needs Scholarship

(formerly under the heading of Visually Impaired Scholarship)

A scholarship of $1,000 will be awarded to a member enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in music with a qualifying disability or to someone pursuing studies to become a teacher or therapist in this field.

2007-2008 Winner: Morissa Rose Freiberg, Sigma Beta, Ohio University, Sigma B Province

For further information, contact Karen Louise Gearreald, Project Director. Contact information can be obtained from webmaster@sai-national.org.

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
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Undergraduate Scholarships

(a) exemplification of the ideals of Sigma Alpha Iota;
(b) financial need;
(c) outstanding musical ability;
(d) above-average scholarship;
(e) potential leadership; and
(f) contribution to campus and community life.

Fifteen winners are selected from applications postmarked by the deadline date, March 15.

2007-2008 Winners ($1,000)
*In Memory of Phyllis Dobbyn Holt ($2,000)

For further information, contact Eleanor Tapscott, Project Director. Contact information can be found in the Fall issue of Tempo! or from webmaster@sai-national.org

2008 application (requires Acrobat Reader, available for download free)
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Elin J. Stene Scholarship at the University of Kansas

• Bailey Vazquez ($1,000), Beta Beta
• Lauren Kerrick ($500), Beta Beta

Last updated 2/4/2008
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