USD Music Scholarship and Choral Scholars Scholarship

This is a real program, but some details for the current cycle are not published or not yet confirmed. Check the official source before you plan around it.

Award

USD Music Scholarship: $540 to $15,000. Choral Scholars Scholarship: $1,200 to $10,000.

Deadline

USD Music says spring 2027 scholarship and audition dates are coming soon. A general undergraduate aid page lists February 1 for Choral Scholars applications but gives no cycle year; confirm the dated 2027 notice.

How to apply

For Choral Scholars audition interest, contact music@sandiego.edu; the Music Department will publish the spring 2027 process. Instrumental applicants prepare one significant work or two contrasting pieces, scales and sight-reading; percussionists prepare mallet and another instrument. Vocal applicants prepare two contrasting memorized selections, each at most five minutes, from classical/art song or musical theater; live piano or piano-only backing is accepted.

What you'll need

• A separate scholarship application
• A portfolio

Who can apply

USD Music Scholarship: incoming or continuing music majors who excel in performance, composition, education or music research. Choral Scholars: music majors or comprehensive minors.

Good to know

Incoming first-year music awards cover four years; transfer and continuing awards cover shorter periods. Maintain the music major except Choral Scholars, make progress toward coursework and remain in good academic standing. Choral Scholars additionally requires annual reaudition and a 3.0 GPA.

Details

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