Scholarships
University of North Texas Scholarships & Financial Aid
The University of North Texas is a comprehensive university that offers many scholarships to help you finance your education, and academic awards can be a very important part of your financial plan. Many of our prospective and current students compete for academic scholarships, which are awarded on merit and on a first-come, first-served basis to students enrolling in the fall term. We recommend you apply to UNT and the College of Music as early as possible and that you review the information about university funded scholarships and the other types of aid provided by UNT Student Financial Aid and Scholarships, especially those awards available through the General Scholarship Application. The College of Music encourages all current music students and prospective music students to complete the General Scholarship application prior to March 1 annually.
If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree, cost does not have to be a barrier to your success. After reviewing the information above, also visit the Toulouse Graduate School for information about a variety of resources available to graduate students.
There are also other sources of scholarship aid at UNT that are available to all students. UNT International annually administers a number of scholarships that are available to both domestic and international students. The UNT Office of Outreach administers the Multicultural Scholastic Award Program (MSA), a scholarship and student retention initiative targeting academically talented students from diverse backgrounds, and the UNT Division of Equity and Diversity sponsors award competitions annually that are open to all students.
College of Music Scholarships
The College of Music awards competitive music scholarships based on talent and professional promise. When you apply for admission to the College, your application and audition also serves as the application for music scholarships. If you are an out-of-state student and you are awarded a competitive scholarship of $1,000 or more during the fall (or fall plus spring), you are able to attend UNT at the resident tuition rate for that academic year - including the summer term. This is true for both music awards and the academic awards mentioned above.
Music scholarship recipients and the amount of awards are determined by faculty committees established from within the appropriate areas. Program needs are also considered in determining scholarship awards. Assuming all scholarship obligations are met each year, scholarships may be held for up to a total of four years for undergraduate study, two years for master’s level study, two years for the completion of a graduate artist certificate, or three years for doctoral study. Of course, award renewal is subject to the availability of funding. The college currently distributes over $900,000 in music scholarships to students each year.
If you receive a performance scholarship, you are required to participate in appropriate performing ensembles each long semester, and must agree to accept assignment by the College of Music in no more than two performance laboratory ensembles each semester. If you receive a non-performance music scholarship, you are required to enroll in appropriate courses as determined by your area. All scholarship recipients must enroll full-time and meet minimum grade point average requirements. Undergraduate students must maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA in music courses, 2.5 overall. Graduate students must a minimum 3.5 GPA.
Music Award Opportunities
There are over 200 separate scholarship opportunities administered by the College of Music that provide funding to music students. With the exception of eight awards*, application materials beyond the admission/renewal application are not required. In accordance with university policy and state law, a complete listing of those awards follows.
*Presser Foundation Graduate Scholarship, Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship, Nicholas and Anna Ricco Ethics Awards, Anna Harriet Heyer Scholarship, Pi Kappa Lambda Scholarship, Margot Winspear Opera Scholarship, Clyde Miller French Horn Scholarship. Awards announced each spring. Requires faculty nomination and application packet or separate audition. The Need-based Recording and Travel Fund provides support annually to music students with demonstrated financial need for their recording projects and travel. Applications accepted October 1 annually until funds are exhausted. See Awards for Continuing Students for additional information.
Scholarship Name |
Area |
|---|---|
| "…And the Music Had Wings Fund" Scholarship | College of Music |
| A Capella Choir Fund Scholarship | Choral |
| A. Baron III and Darlene G. Cass Jazz Percussion Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| A. L. Putnam Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Adams-Nordstrom Family Early Music Scholarship | Early Music |
| Adkins String Scholarship | Strings |
| Adkins-Dickinson String Scholarship | Early Music |
| Adolfo Odnoposoff Memorial Cello Scholarship | Strings |
| Agnes Palmer Thompson Memorial Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Alice Koons Memorial Horn Scholarship | Horn |
| Andy and Julie Hong Scholarship in Jazz Studies | Jazz |
| Ann MacMillan Trumpet Scholarship | Trumpet |
| Anna G. Ricco/First Command Educational Foundation Scholarship | College of Music |
| Anna Harriet Heyer Scholarship | Music Librarian |
| Anna Louise Robertson Estes Memorial Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Annette & Charles Guy Hall Memorial Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Anshel Brusilow Scholarship in Orchestral Studies | Orchestra |
| Art Glass Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| Avedis Zildjian Co. Percussion Scholarship | Percussion |
| Avedis Zildjian Endowed Percussion Scholarship in Honor of Ed Soph | Jazz-drumset |
| Avon Gillespie Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Bailey Mahlmann Wind Studies Scholarship | Wind Conducting |
| Becky and Vince King Music | College of Music |
| Becky King Music Success Scholarship | College of Music |
| Becky King Study Abroad Scholarship | College of Music |
| Ben E. Keith Foundation Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Bethany Lauren Davis Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Bill and Barbara Connally Blankenship Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Bill and Helen Yu Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Bill and Virginia Beasley Early Music Vocal Memorial Scholarship | Early Music |
| Bill Collins Sr. Scholarship in Jazz Trumpet | Jazz-trumpet |
| Bill Stapleton Jazz Arranging Scholarship | Jazz-arranging |
| Bob and Helen Morgan Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| Bob Murray Wind Studies | Wind Conducting |
| Bob Rober Jazz Studies Scholarship | Jazz |
| Bobbie Cole Swaim Music Scholarship | Piano |
| Bobby Cox Memorial Scholarship in Musicology | Music History |
| Bobby Kahn Steel Drum Scholarship | Percussion |
| Brian Houck Memorial Guitar Scholarship | Guitar |
| Bridenthal Memorial Choir Scholarship | Choral |
| Bridenthal Memorial Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Brock String Merit Scholarship | Strings |
| Buddy Holly Educational Fdtn. "Learning the Game" Stephen & Rebecca Easley Scholarship | College of Music |
| C.C. Collie Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Cambiata Institute for Middle School Choral Music Scholarship | Music Education |
| Carol and Jay Solow Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| Carol Wilson Studio Scholarship | Voice |
| Cecelia Cunningham Box Scholarship | College of Music |
| Celia Berwin Memorial Foundation Scholarship | Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology |
| Chadwick Family Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Charles F. Paul Memorial Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Charles Veazey Oboe Scholarship | Oboe |
| Choral Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Choral Scholarship | Choral Conducting |
| Chris Xeros Scholarship | Strings |
| Church Organ Associates, Inc. Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Clyde Miller French Horn Scholarship | Horn |
| Collaborative Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| College of Music Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| College of Music Endowed Scholarship | College of Music |
| College of Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Collegium Musicum Scholarship | Early Music |
| COM Staff Members Scholarship | College of Music |
| Community Support Council Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Dale Peters Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Dan Stambaugh Memorial Scholarship | Jazz |
| David A. Tedesco and Sarah Nelson Tedesco Endowed Scholarship in Music Theory, Jazz, Voice | College of Music |
| David B. Hooten Principal Trumpet Scholarship | Trumpet |
| David C. and Katherine Isley McGuire Graduate Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| David Catney Memorial Jazz Scholarship | Jazz-guitar |
| David L. Kuehn Tuba Scholarship | Tuba |
| David L. Shrader Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| David M. Schimmel Memorial Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| Dean Hamilton Memorial Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| Dean's Camerata Scholarship Fund | College of Music |
| Debbie Petty Brooks String Scholarship | Strings |
| Deborah Fabian Clarinet Scholarship | Clarinet |
| Deborah Johnson Miller Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Doc Severinsen Jazz Trumpet Scholarship | Jazz-trumpet |
| Don and Dory Jacoby Jazz Trumpet Scholarship | Jazz-trumpet |
| Don Boozer Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| Don Grolnick Memorial Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| Don Thomas Lead Trumpet Scholarship | Jazz-trumpet |
| Donald E. Waugh Memorial Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Dora Lee Langdon Jazz Singers Scholarship | Jazz-voice |
| Dr TJ and L Walz Memorial Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Dr. Brian Bowman Euphonium Scholarship | Euphonium |
| Dr. Debbie Rohwer Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Dr. Patricia Evans Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Dr. Paul Gregory Bonneau Memorial Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| Drumline Scholarship | Percussion |
| Dubois Viola Scholarship | Strings |
| E.L. and Anita Crader Memorial Scholarship | Voice |
| Early Childhood Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Eastman Piano and Organ Scholarship for American Students | Organ |
| Eastman Piano Scholarship for International Students | Piano |
| Ed and Julia Hodges Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Ed and Kay Moorehead Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| Edward Allan Baird Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Edward J. Soph Memorial Drumset Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| Edward Rainbow Bass Scholarship | Strings |
| Elaine and Edward Barnett Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Elida Tamez Endowed Choral Scholarship | College of Music |
| Ethan Atkinson Jazz Guitar Scholarship | Jazz-guitar |
| Ethelston and LaMarr Chapman Memorial Graduate Theory Scholarship | Music Theory |
| Ethnomusicology Area Scholarship | Ethnomusicology |
| Eugene Conley Memorial Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Eulan V. Brooks Memorial Music Scholarship | Music History |
| Euline and Horace Brock Merit Scholarship | College of Music |
| Evelyn D. Messmore Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Everett Gilmore Tuba Scholarship | Tuba |
| Excellence in Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Faulk Young Composers | Composition |
| Florence Lewis Davis Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Floyd Graham Memorial Scholarship | Jazz |
| Frank D. Mainous Memorial Orchestral Scholarship | Orchestra |
| Frank M. Heidlberger MHTE Scholarship | Music History, Theory, and Ethnomusicology |
| Frank McKinley Choral Scholarship | Choral |
| Frank McKinley Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Fred and Patsy Patterson Orchestra Scholarship | Strings |
| Fred and Patsy Patterson String and Voice Scholarship | College of Music |
| Fred Crane Memorial Jazz Piano Scholarship | Jazz-piano |
| Friends of the Symphony Scholarship | Orchestra |
| Fulmer-Davidson Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Fund for the Advancement of Music Ensembles | College of Music |
| George and Sandy Papich Chamber Scholarship | Chamber Music |
| George H. Springer Memorial Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| George Morey Memorial Flute Scholarship | Flute |
| Gerald and Vinette Boyce Finerman Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| Gordon and Patsy Roe Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Grace Evelyn Woods Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Gustav Leonhardt Scholarship | Harpsichord/Early Keyboard |
| Hard Rock Café "Battle of the Bands" Scholarship | Music Education |
| Harold Heiberg Scholarship | Voice |
| Harriett and Jay Armstrong Memorial Scholarship | Music Education |
| Helen Hewitt Memorial Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Helen Schenk Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Henry Gibbons Choral Conducting Scholarship | Choral Conducting |
| Hispanic Friends Promusica Scholarship | College of Music |
| J. Charles Groom Memorial Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Jack Roberts Memorial Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| Jack Rumbley Percussion Scholarship | Percussion |
| James and Elizabeth Scott Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| James C. and Margaret B. Bays Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| James McLaughlin Jazz Trombone Scholarship | Trombone |
| James W. Thomason Guitar or Bass Scholarship | Jazz |
| James Weldon Thomas Jazz Studies Scholarship | Jazz |
| Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Scholarship | Jazz |
| Jay Saunders Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| Jay Saunders Lead Jazz Trumpet Scholarship Endowment | Jazz-trumpet |
| Jazz Leadership Scholarship in Honor of Neil Slater and Jim Riggs | Jazz |
| Jazz Leadership Scholarship in Honor of Paris Rutherford | Jazz-voice |
| Jazz Studies General Scholarship | Jazz |
| Jean Greenlaw General Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Jean Harris Mainous Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Jeannie Tillman Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Jeff and Mindy Moore Percussion Scholarship | Percussion |
| Jeff Snider Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Jeffrey Bradetich Double Bass Scholarship | Strings |
| Jerome Patterson Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Jerry and Julie McCoy Accompanist Scholarship | Choral |
| Jim Riggs Jazz Saxophone Scholarship | Jazz-saxophone |
| Joán C. Groom Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Joe and Betty Roy Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| John & Genene Murphy Jazz Studies Scholarship | Jazz |
| John A. & Anne Filipowicz Narsutis Jazz Lab Band Scholarship | Jazz |
| John and Bonnie Strauss Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| John and Joy Siegmund Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| John and Priscilla Holt Orchestra Scholarship | Orchestra |
| John and Rose Scott Clarinet Scholarship | Clarinet |
| John G. Brinkmann Memorial Guitar Scholarship | Guitar |
| John Giordano Conducting Scholarship | Orchestral Conducting |
| John Holt Memorial Scholarship | Jazz-saxophone |
| John J. Haynie Classical Trumpet Scholarship | Trumpet |
| John J. Haynie Trumpet Scholarship | Trumpet |
| John M. Haerle Memorial Scholarship | Jazz-piano |
| John Park Memorial Jazz Saxophone Scholarship | Jazz-saxophone |
| Jon Kellis Memorial Scholarship | Percussion |
| Joyce Howard Bradley Choral Scholarship | Choral |
| Juanita Teal Peters Scholarship in Voice | Voice |
| Julia Bushkova Violin Scholarship | Strings |
| Julia Smith Memorial Scholarship | Opera |
| Justice Records Stan Kenton Scholarship | Jazz |
| Justine Boozman Beattie Music Scholarship for Piano and Organ | Organ |
| Keith Johnson Trumpet Graduate Scholarship | Trumpet |
| Korean Music Student Association Scholarship | College of Music |
| Kris Kolflat Memorial Jazz Guitar Scholarship | Jazz-guitar |
| Ku-Kuo Scholarship in Music | College of Music |
| Larry and Gayla Engel Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Larry Austin Music Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| Larry Roark Memorial Euphonium Scholarships | Euphonium |
| Larry Walz Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Leah Woodruff Hatfield Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Lee Gibson Clarinet Scholarship | Clarinet |
| Leon and Dora Brusilow Scholarship | Orchestra |
| Leon Breeden Music Scholarship | Jazz |
| Leon Breeden Scholarship in Jazz Trumpet | Jazz-trumpet |
| Leon F. Brown Trombone Scholarship | Trombone |
| Leonard Candelaria Trumpet Scholarship | Trumpet |
| Lewisville Lake Symphony Orchestra Scholarship | Orchestral Conducting |
| Lucille G. Murchison Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Lucinda Bell Adams Memorial Scholarship | Strings |
| Luevano Family Clarinet Scholarship | Clarinet |
| Lupe Murchison Foundation Fellowship in Chamber Music | Chamber Music |
| Lupe Murchison Foundation Fellowship in Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| M. E. "Gene" Hall Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| M. Jean Greenlaw Orchestra Scholarship | Orchestra |
| Marceau C. Myers Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Marceau C. Myers String Scholarship | Strings |
| Marcella and Henry Huberman Memorial Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Margaret Howell Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Margaret Hudnall Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Margaret Marion Grubb Memorial Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Margo and Bill Winspear | Opera |
| Margot Winspear Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| Marguerite and Billy Joyner Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Marie Madeleine Duruflé Memorial Scholarship | Organ |
| Marjorie Wilson Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Martha and Preston Peak Choral Scholarship | Choral |
| Martin Mailman Memorial Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| Mary Smith Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Mattie Jo (Payne) Groom Graduate Theory Scholarship | Music Theory |
| Maurice McAdow Memorial Music Scholarship | Wind Conducting |
| Merrill Ellis Memorial Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| Mike Castor Trumpet Scholarship | Trumpet |
| Monteverdi Fund Scholarship | Music History |
| Mu Phi Epsilon Vocal Scholarship | College of Music |
| N. Patricia Yarborough Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| N/A | Orchestral Conducting |
| Need Based Travel Scholarship | Travel |
| Neil Slater Award for Excellence in Jazz Studies and Academics | Jazz |
| New Horizons Grad Music Ed Scholarship | Music Education |
| Nicholas D. and Anna G. Ricco Excellence in Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| North Texas Harp Ensemble Scholarship | Harp |
| Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Pamela Mia Paul Studion Scholarship | Piano |
| Patricia Lewis Memorial Violin Scholarship | Strings |
| Patricia Silverling Baroque Harp Scholarship | Harp |
| Patrick Stanfill Scholarship for Harp | Harp |
| Patsy C. and Fred W. Patterson College of Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Paul and Valerie Klipsch Brass Scholarship | Trumpet |
| Paul Guerrero Jr. Memorial Jazz Studies Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| Paul Loomis Music Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| Paula Homer Opera Scholarship Endowment | Opera |
| Pauline Slator Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Peggy Boston Duggan Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Percussion Fund | Percussion |
| Phil Manning Memorial Jazz Saxophone Scholarship | Jazz-saxophone |
| Phil Schenk and Donna Smith Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Phyllis Minton Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Pi Kappa Lambda Scholarship | College of Music |
| Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Pinky Purinton Big Band Memorial Scholarship | Jazz-trumpet |
| Pops Concert Fund Scholarship | Orchestra |
| Presser Foundation Graduate Scholarship | College of Music |
| Presser Scholarship | College of Music |
| Rainbow-Froehlich Outreach Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Ralph and Pauline Bush Endowed Scholarship | Music History |
| Randy Taylor Jazz Arranging Scholarship | Jazz-arranging |
| Ray Worth Perryman ('52) Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Red Rodney Memorial Jazz Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| Reuben Allred Memorial Collaborative Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Richard and Candace Faulk Young Composers Endowed Scholarship | Composition |
| Richard and Kathryn Sparks Scholarship | Early Music |
| Richard Dalrymple Memorial Jazz Trumpet Scholarship | Jazz-trumpet |
| Richard Dufallo Memorial Composition Scholarship | Composition |
| Richard Dufallo Memorial Scholarship | Orchestral Conducting |
| RJ Rogers Sinfonian Scholarship | College of Music |
| Robert J. Rogers Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Robert M. Estes Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Robert R. Gans Memorial Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Robert R. Miller Memorial Organ Scholarship | Organ |
| Robert W. Ottman Graduate Theory Scholarship | Music Theory |
| Ronnie Lee and Peter Ni Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Sally Maxwell Sharples Memorial Scholarship | Voice |
| Sandy Sandifer Lab Band Scholarship | Jazz |
| Shelly Manne Memorial Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| Silvio and Isabel Scionti Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Spec's One O'Clock Lab Band Fund Scholarship | Jazz |
| Stark/Scionti Classical Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Stephen Thomas Farish, Jr. Memorial Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| Sterling Procter Scholarship in Composition | Composition |
| Steve and Carol Harlos Piano Scholarship | Piano |
| Strauss Foundation Jazz “Make a Difference” Scholarship | Jazz |
| String Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Sue and Jack Thomson Opera Endowment Fund | Opera |
| Sunny Van Eaton Memorial Scholarship in Voice/Opera | Opera |
| Symphony Orchestra Scholarship | Orchestra |
| Teaching Excellence Scholarship | Music Education |
| Ted and Barbara Coe Opera Scholarship | Opera |
| Tehan-Mennemeyer String Scholarship | Strings |
| Terri Sundberg and Ruth Rubio Scholarship | College of Music |
| The George and Nesha Morey Choral Music Education Scholarship | Music Education |
| Theron Palmer, Sr. Classical Guitar Scholarship | Guitar |
| Topsy Wright Memorial Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Town of Addison Jazz Scholarship | Jazz |
| Trumpet Scholarship Fund | Trumpet |
| Undergraduate String Quartet Award | Strings |
| UNT Foundation Scholarship | College of Music |
| UNT Summer Drumset Workshop Jazz Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| Utter Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Valerie Dean Westheimer Graduate Fellowship in Music | College of Music |
| Valerie Dean Westheimer Scholarship in Music | College of Music |
| Viardo Fellow Scholarship | Piano |
| Vivian S. Spohn Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Voertman-Ardoin Scholarship in Music | College of Music |
| Voice Scholarship | Voice |
| W. S. Elliott Bassoon Scholarship | Bassoon |
| W. Ted Elrod Memorial Guitar Scholarship | Guitar |
| Walter Abbey Music Scholarship | Strings |
| Walter and Elaine Hodgson Memorial Scholarship | College of Music |
| Warren "Baby" Dodds UNT Summer Drumset Workshop Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| Warren Henry Music Education Scholarship | College of Music |
| Weldon Minnick Memorial Orchestral Scholarship | Orchestra |
| Wells Fargo Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Wilfred Bain Scholarship | College of Music |
| William C. and Loretta Kason Memorial Drumset Scholarship | Jazz-drumset |
| William Gammon Henry, Jr. Scholarship for Piano | Piano |
| Wind and Percussion Scholarship | College of Music |
| Winspear Music Scholarship | College of Music |
| Yamaha Percussion Scholarship | Percussion |
| Yamaha Wind Scholarship | College of Music |