Music Scholarship
ListedCollege program
- Award
- $1,000 to $2,500 per year, renewable for up to four years. The Rariden Scholarship offers $5,000 per year to select Indiana residents.
- Deadline
- Fall 2027 admission: Early Decision or Early Action I by November 1, 2026, or Early Action II by December 1, 2026. Separate Scholarship Day application by February 1, 2027.
- How to apply
- Apply through the Common Application with an essay, official high-school transcript and a counselor or core-teacher recommendation; test scores are optional. Submit the music scholarship form, audition and an information sheet listing instruments or voice, years of study, ensemble and contest experience, composition/computer music and any piano/guitar accompanying. Prepare two contrasting pieces; voice applicants normally present a non-English classical work plus Broadway or popular repertoire. Multi-instrumentalists may use one piece per instrument. International students may audition virtually.
- What you'll need
- A separate scholarship application
- Who can apply
- Early Action or Early Decision applicants accepted to the fall class who plan to take music classes and/or ensembles; not limited to majors.
- Good to know
- Renewal requires a 2.0 GPA, one ensemble each on-campus semester and lessons each semester. Pianists may substitute equivalent accompanying work. The $5,000 annual, four-year Rariden award is for one incoming Indiana visual/performing-arts student, with Wayne County preference. International students are eligible, but this award does not reduce their required financial contribution. INspire participants cannot receive additional funding above full tuition.
- Details
- ArtsInternational students eligibleBefore Early Action