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Scholarships and Opportunities
Each year the Music Department offers several scholarships and stipends (listed below) to music students in various programs. To determine your eligibility, please review the Scholarship Qualification and Retention Policy in the Undergraduate Student Handbook.
Prior to submitting your scholarship application, please be advised that an entrance audition is required for all prospective music major and minors. Information and the application are available at this link.
Scholarship Application Form
Can be completed online (pdf)
Available Scholarships and Stipends
Melvin Baddin Memorial Grant
Preference given to a string player.
Juanita Barnett Choral Scholarship
For a student in choral music.
Roland P. Beiden Memorial Scholarship
Preference given to a pianist.
Warren R. & Evelyn M. Biggerstaff
Memorial Scholarship
For an undergraduate or post-baccalaureate student.
Dorothy Lyons Carpenter
Scholarship
Preference given to a student of choral conducting.
Charlotte Chilpigian Memorial Fund Scholarship
For a full time undergraduate vocal or part time graduate choral/vocal student.
Clendenin
Scholarship for Brass Quintet
Special award to five brass students.
Bud Easton Scholarship
For students participating in the Fresno State Jazz program.
Dempster Cello
Grant
For a cello student.
Richard L. Grauel Memorial Woodwind Scholarship
For woodwind players.
Martha Hagan Memorial Scholarship in Music
For a sophomore, junior, or senior music major who shows excellent
promise and has demonstrated financial need
Russell & Maxine Howland Memorial
Scholarship
Any music major studying clarinet.
Arthur E. Huff Scholarship
For a full time undergraduate or graduate choral music student.
Amparo Iturbi
Memorial Scholarship
For a piano student.
Philip Lorenz Piano Scholarship
For a piano student.
Music Department Endowment Fund Scholarships
Any music major.
Music Teacher Association of California
Fresno County Branch Scholarship.
President’s Quintet
Special award to four woodwind students and a horn student.
Loretta Ann Price
Awards
Any music major and a graduate who is in the credential program.
Glenn P. Reitz
Memorial Scholarship
For a graduate of Madera High School.
San Joaquin Valley Chapter, American
Guild of Organists Scholarship
For study of the organ.
Allen Skei Musicology Scholarship
Preference given to music majors with a special interest in musicology.
Soroptomist
Music Scholarship
For an undergraduate in their junior year and one graduate student.
Friends
of Gary Unruh Scholarship
For undergraduate and graduate students in choral conducting, preference
given to graduate students.
Arthur C. Wahlberg Family Scholarship
Preference given to a student in vocal or choral music.
Frank Wells Memorial
Scholarship
For students in the Fresno State Marching Band.
Pearl B. Winter Memorial Scholarship
For studies in Early Music.
Miriam Fox Withrow Scholarship in Piano
For a piano student.
Zalud Music Scholarship
For a student in voice.
Marching Band Stipends
The Marching Band offers a number of stipends as payment for playing in either the full band or the Bulldog Beat. Band stipends range from $100 per semester and up; stipends for playing in the Bulldog Beat can be as high as $2000 per academic year. For information about applying, contractual obligations, and the like, see the Director of the Marching Band or the Marching Band secretary.