Admissions - Scholarships

 There are two main categories of scholarships:

 
1.
  Students may be eligible to apply for the scholarship at the same time they apply for admission to MSU. [To learn about eligibility for this kind of scholarship, prospective students should read the undergraduate or graduate catalogs and discuss during the interview and application process.]
 
2.
  Only enrolled students who have completed part of their studies may be eligible. [Students will be given information on applying for these scholarships once they are enrolled.]

 Most scholarships provide several hundred dollars in tuition support and are awarded based on a combination of merit and need. Some scholarships are:

Marden Bate Scholarship: gifted voice students enrolled in the Cali School.
   
Frank & Lydia Bergen Foundation Scholarship honoring Jean Hooper: outstanding and talented undergraduate or graduate music students; must demonstrate financial need and /or a talent which will enhance the school's program
   
Averil Briggs Scholarship: full-time student in strings
   
John and Rose Cali Scholarship for the Arts: prospective or currently enrolled full-time or part-time undergraduate or graduate students enrolled in the College of the Arts. Must have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
   
Sonia W. Cohen Scholarship: full-time incoming undergraduate student in good academic standing and enrolled in the Cali School with a music education concentration.
   
Larry A. Frank Scholarship: music major showing promise as a music educator, performer, therapist, composer, theorist or historian
   
Anna Laura Hansen-Griffith Scholarship: piano
   
Jeanne Heningburg Scholarship: prospective or currently enrolled African-American student majoring in music, dance or theatre. Cumulative GPA of 3.0 in major.
   
Howe Scholarship: music major, organ students given preference
   
Edna McEachern Music Fund: music major demonstrating financial need, musicianship and a contribution to the school.
   
Ward Moore Memorial Scholarship: full-time music education or performance major, at least 2 semesters completed
   
Morse Estate Scholarship: full-time undergraduate majoring in music who shows interest and ability
   
Lucile Oliva Scholarship: full-time junior or senior music major with GPA of at least 3.0
   
David's Fund Scholarships: fully matriculated upper level undergraduate and/or postbacculaureate students enrollment in the music therapy program; fully matriculated graduate student enrolled in the music therapy program.
   
Maryann Peins Memorial Piano Scholarship in honor of her father, Rudolph M. Peins: talented and gifted incoming freshman enrolled as a full-time music major studying piano, who shows promise as a performer, composer, or therapist with potential for professional success.
   
Presser Foundation: senior music major
   
Oscar Ravina Talent Grant: outstanding, full-time freshmen studying string instruments
   
Carol H. Wasserman Piano Scholarship: full-time undergraduate major
   
Thomas and Michele Wilt Scholarship: full-time music major in good academic standing with financial need who will perform his/her senior recital in the year that the scholarship is awarded. Recipients must meet the performance criteria established by the donor.
   
Konrad Wolff Scholarship: piano
   
Shanghai Scholarship: strings