Scholarships for Scholars Performing Arts--Music/Theater/Dance/Production 2020-2021

PROGRAM DEADLINE: February 05, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST (Midnight) - CLOSED

This program is inactive or past the deadline.

Description

Scholarships for Scholars will award scholarships in 18 categories this year.  The award may be used for tuition, books, technical equipment, room, and/or meals at the institution of higher education of the recipient's choice.

Students may submit separate applications in up to two distinct categories. Students cannot be awarded more than one scholarship.

Honorary scholarships in the amounts of $9,000, $8,000 and $7,000 are also awarded. Students who submit an application will be eligible for automatic consideration for an honorary scholarship; students do not apply for the honorary scholarships.

Scholarships for Scholars reserves the right to not award a scholarship in any particular category.

Scholarships are awarded without regard to financial need, race, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or familial status.

Requirements

  • Graduating high school student residing in Anne Arundel County.
  • Attend a public or accredited private school in Anne Arundel County or a home-schooled program registered with the AACPS Board of Education.
  • Minimum weighted GPA of 3.5.
  • Will attend an accredited college or university as a full time student.
  • Demonstrate excellence in music, theater, musical theater, technical theater, and/or dance performance by participating in instrumental and/or choral ensembles, coursework, theater performance and/or production, dance team, etc.
  • Performance applicants: Provide a 3-5 minute video of a performance that highlights your individual talent.  Technical theater applicants: Provide a portfolio (design and/or producation build) and video sample(s) of productions.  Upload the video to YouTube and provide the URL to your video in your application. You have the option to mark the video as “unlisted” on YouTube.

  • In-person Call-Backs have been temporarily suspended.  Instead, a Zoom meeting will take place.
  • Call-Backs
    • Performance applicants selected by the reviewers for Call-Backs will be required to submit his/her pre-taped audition from the application, an earlier pre-taped performance, a revision, or a new performance.  This should last 3-5 minutes.  An interview with reviewers will complete the Zoom audition.
    • Technical theater and/or production applicants selected by the reviewers for Call-Backs will be required to share a portfolio and/or powerpoint presentation of past and/or proposed design plans, programs, photos, design schematics, lighting, sound or video plots, awards, etc.

Number of Awards

1

Award Amount

$6,000
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