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Music Scholarship Information for
Entering
Students in 2008-2009
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The Winthrop University Department of Music offers music scholarships to qualified freshmen and transfer students who plan to major in music and demonstrate a high level of achievement in music performance. Out-of-state recipients of music scholarships pay in-state tuition. All scholarships are awarded through competitive auditions. Scholarships range in amount from $500 to $4,000 a year and are available in the following instruments: piano, organ, voice, violin, viola, cello, string bass, guitar, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, euphonium, tuba, and percussion. Scholarships are sometimes available to music minors and students participating in music ensembles.
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Scholarship Audition Dates
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Saturday, November 17, 2007 (12
noon) -
Invitational
Band
Participants
Only)
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Saturday,
January
26, 2008
(10 a.m.)
- All
Instruments
and
Voice
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Saturday,
February
23, 2008 (10
a.m.) -
All
Instruments
and
Voice
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Saturday, March
8, 2008 (1
p.m.) -
WINTHROP
DAY - All
Instruments
and
Voice
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Friday, March
14, 2008 ( 12
noon) -
All-State
Choral
Participants
Only
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Saturday,
March
29, 2008
(10
a.m.) -
All
Instruments
and
Voice
Note: March
29 will be the audition deadline for music scholarship consideration for 2007-08 academic year.
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Application Procedures
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To apply for a music scholarship:
Click here to Download the Music Scholarship Application Form ?
Complete and return the Music Scholarship Application Form at least two weeks prior to your chosen audition date. Be sure to indicate the audition date you plan to attend. Your audition date and time will be confirmed by return mail or e-mail. [If you are unable to attend any of the published dates, contact the Music Office to see if a special date can be arranged.] Also, in lieu of an on-campus audition, you may submit a high quality cassette tape, videotape, or CD of your audition. This recording should be accompanied by the completed application form and a statement from your music teacher verifying its authenticity.
You may include a letter of recommendation from a band or choral director, or from a private music teacher who is familiar with your performance skills and musical ability.
Submit an Application Form to Winthrop University (available from our Office of Admissions at 800/763-0230, or online at
www.winthrop.edu.) Although you may audition prior to acceptance into the university, a music scholarship may not be officially offered until you have been accepted.
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Audition Requirements
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Each auditionee should prepare at least two selections of contrasting style. Vocalists should include at least one selection in a foreign language. Instrumentalists should prepare a published piece similar to those required for participation in a Solo and Ensemble Festival. Auditions may contain sight-reading, scales, and sightsinging (vocal students). All auditionees are encouraged to perform with an accompanist (if applicable). If you require a university accompanist, please indicate that on the audition form.
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Winthrop University
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Over 6,500 students pursue 38 undergraduate and 24 graduate degrees
through more
than 100
programs or options at Winthrop University, a state assisted university located in Rock Hill, S.C., a city of 55,000 in the Charlotte, N.C. metropolitan area.
U.S. News and
World Report has
named Winthrop
one of its Top
Ten Regional
Public
Universities int
he South for the
16th time in the
magazine's
"America's Best
Colleges" 2008
edition.
In addition,
Winthrop has
earned 100 percent national accreditation in all eligible programs
- the first comprehensive
teaching institution among South Carolina's senior colleges to reach that level of national accreditation. The university boasts a 17:1 student to faculty ratio, with average class size ranging from 18-27 students. The campus features state-of-the art learning facilities, including SMART classrooms and high speed Internet access from all campus buildings and residence hall rooms. Its athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I. In its pursuit of its goal of national caliber education, Winthrop demonstrates the characteristics which make it distinctive among universities of its kind: a carefully selected student body of high academic achievement and cultural diversity; a challenging and comprehensive curriculum of the arts, sciences, and professions; a residential educational experience emphasizing personal identity and close relationships; and a highly qualified faculty dedicated to teaching and public service.
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The Department of Music
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| The Department of Music, one of
four academic departments within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Winthrop University, enjoys a long and distinguished history as an outstanding music program. An accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music since 1940, the Department boasts a strong faculty of 38 dedicated and caring professors delivering a quality curriculum. Students have an opportunity to
compose music
using our
state-of-the-art
Computer Music
Laboratory, perform as a soloist or in
25 renowned ensembles,
and teach music incorporating the latest methodologies
and technologies. Over 200 undergraduate and graduate students pursue a quality and varied curriculum in the following degree programs: B.A. (music) with a double major option, B.M.E. (choral or instrumental certification), B.M. (performance), M.A.T. (with initial music certification), M.M.E. (music education), and M.M. (performance, conducting). |
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