<p>Sounds very much like my D. She made California all state honor choir for 4 years, plus one year in middle school, and western regional honor choir twice. She sang in high school in jazz, concert and show choirs for all 4 years. She has done musical theater and had lead roles. she also won many small scholarships for local competitions. When she applied to college last year, her declared major was IR not music, but she included tapes with her applications. She got seveal invitations to major in music and offers for money, but when she said no to the major, the money went away. She ended up with about $2,000 in prize money, but nothing from the colleges. She is happily enrolled as an IR major and made the top a capella group and is singing Chamber at school anyway. She loves singing and it is the biggest part of her college experience so far even tho she is not a voice major. She gets discounted voice lessons for being in Chamber, but at the cost of her college and the travel and lessons, it is a very small consolation. She may, yet, change majors, but for now, she is pursuing IR. </p>
<p>I have heard that instrumentalists may get money even if they don’t major, but if they agree to play in ochestras. We know a young lady at U of Delaware that plays Oboe but has another major. She got a small stipend for playing Oboe in the orchestra. Oboe players are hard to find, I hear. </p>
<p>Good Luck to your S. Don’t know anything about Hendrix; my D is at Tufts.</p>