Scholarships for non-music violinist?

thumper1
Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:39:50 +0000

Where did the OP say she didn’t plan to PLAY the violin? She just says she doesn’t plan to major in music.

My daughter (not a music major) played the oboe and English horn in her university orchestra for four years. She also took private lessons. The school gave her a small $750 a year performance award, and her lessons were at no charge as long as she played in the orchestra.

University of South Carolina offers music departmental scholarships by audition and their ensembles are open to non-majors.

If you are looking for BIG money, there are a couple of schools with music scholarships specifically for non-majors. Two I know of: Skidmore has one, and so does Davidson…you have to be accepted academically…these scholarships are highly competitive and are done by audition.