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Music Scholarship Information for Prospective Students
Each year, the department awards talented and deserving incoming freshmen and transfer student music scholarships.
These awards recognize incoming students who display outstanding potential for participation in the Music Department’s primary music ensembles. These scholarships are awarded in Choral, Band, Orchestra, Piano/Keyboard, Theory/Composition and Jazz. Awards range from $10,000 to $30,000 over four years ($2,500 to $7,500 per year). For the 2025-2026 Academic Year, we awarded over $300,000 in Music scholarships!
All of these scholarships are open to all music majors. All music scholarships may be combined with other academic scholarship offered by the University.
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Eligibility
To receive a music scholarship, you must:
- be an incoming student who has been accepted to the University of Minnesota Duluth
- perform a live or virtual audition on voice or instrument and in the case of Theory/Composition submit an original composition or arrangement.
- Complete the music department application process.
Selection Criteria
Music Scholarships are given to incoming students who display potential for contributing to the tradition of outstanding ensembles and music making at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Scholarship Deadlines
The scholarship deadline is April 3, 2026. If you need to request an accommodation for this deadline, please contact Ryan Frane.
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Continuation of Scholarships
All scholarships are renewable for students enrolled as full-time music majors for up to 8 semesters providing that the student is maintaining satisfactory academic progress and participating in the assigned ensembles as indicated on the scholarship contract, and taking applied music lessons in the area of the scholarship.
Scholarship List
as of February 2025 (36 Scholarships!)
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- UMD Joyce R. Nordstrom Music Scholarship
- Music Gift Fund Scholarship
- UMD The James R. Murphy Memorial Scholarship
- UMD Retta and Henry Ehlers Scholarship
- UMD Eric Tobias Johnson Music Endowed Scholarship
- UMD E. Bernie Bernstein Music Scholarship
- UMD Mary Ann and Ron Weber Family Scholarship
- UMD Jean Nord Music Education Endowed Scholarship
- UMD Robert & Carolyn Flood Scholarship
- UMD Billy Barnard Jazz Scholarship
- UMD Gerald A. Singer Family Scholarship
- UMD Frank P. Comella Memorial Scholarship
- UMD Lynn Mitchell (Mitch) Rand Scholarship
- UMD Ann Carlson Anderson Symphonic String Endowed Scholarship
- UMD Karen A. and Leonard E. Griffith Music Scholarship
- UMD Mark Faricy Memorial Scholarship
- UMD C.L. Edson Music Scholarship
- UMD Nyda Elizabeth Swanson Music Scholarship
- UMD Michael Karl Galeski Music Scholarship
- UMD Piano Music Scholarship
- UMD Dr. Robert C. Ekstrom & Virginia D. Grossman Music Ed/Choral Scholarship
- UMD Music Student Association Outstanding Musician Scholarship
- UMD Omnibus Music Scholarship
- UMD Opera Theatre Scholarship
- UMD Orchestra Music Scholarship Fund
- UMD Craig W. Weber Scholarship for Percussion
- UMD Robert, John M., and Anthony Stojevich Memorial Scholarship
- UMD Ruth Dodge Reaching Higher Music Scholarship
- UMD Dr. Vernon Opheim Choral Scholarship
- UMD Gendein Memorial Scholarship
- UMD Mary Ann and Ron Weber Scholarship
- UMD Gregg Johnson Music Scholarship
- UMD Music Performance Laboratory Fund
- UMD Kathryn A. Martin Scholarship for Theatre, Jazz & Women's Ice Hockey
- UMD Gershgol Fine Arts Scholarship
- UMD Olive Anna Tezla Fine Arts Scholarship