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Scholarships & Awards

Music Awards
Collegiate Scholarship
Competition Event
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Available to TVFMC Jr. Members who receive a Superior rating in the Spring Festival, piano solo event, levels Medium and above.

Available to high school seniors who will be graduating, and pursuing a music-related degree in college. 

Both the Music Awards & Scholarship event will occur on a Saturday in April or May of each year, following the Spring Festival. 

Students will register through their teacher.

Music Awards Competition

Awards range from $100 to $200

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Available to TVFMC Jr. Members who receive a Superior rating in TVFMC Spring Festival, piano solo event, levels Medium (MED) and above.

Step 1: Registration


After Spring Festival, teachers register their eligible students. 

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Registration fee is $20 per student.

Step 2: Repertoire


The student's two Spring Festival selections

Step 3: Adjudication

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  • Students will be assigned a specific time for the competition day, after registration and fees are processed

  • Performance times are final and cannot be changed

  • The adjudication process will be closed to spectators

Step 4: Results


Winners will be notified promptly after the competition ends.

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Award checks will be mailed to the student's teacher within the following week.

Collegiate Scholarship Competition

TVFMC is dedicated to supporting the musical growth of students who are pursuing a professional career in music, or want to continue their music education at the collegiate level.

Registration

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Fee is $20 per student

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Students will register, and submit their essay and resume through their teacher. 

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Participants will perform their selections for the judge at the Music Awards Competition event. 

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Competitor Requirements

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  • Student must be under 20 years old
     

  • Student must be in their final year of high school and entering their first year of college
     

  • Student must be pursuing a music-related degree (including but not limited to: bachelor of music, music performance, education, composition, theory, bachelor of arts in music, musicology, history, business, pedagogy, therapy, etc.) Can be a music major or minor, award amount will differ (see Adjudication and Results below).
     

  • Student must have a high school GPA of at least 2.0
     

  • Student must be a member of the TVFMC Jr. Membership, and have participated in festival. Student's teacher must be a registered, paying, member of TVFMC.

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Repertoire Requirements

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  • Students are encouraged to play four selections, three selections are required. 

  • Memorization is required.
     

    • 4 Selections: Must have one selection from each time period - Baroque, Classical*, Romantic, and 20th/21st century.

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    • 3 Selections: Must have one selection from Baroque, one selection from Classical*, and one selection from either Romantic or 20th/21st century.

      *Classical selection must be either sonata-allegro movement of a sonata or an entire sonata. No dance movements or smaller scale works will be accepted
       

Additional Requirements

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Students are required to submit an essay of 1-2 pages. The essay should touch on at least three of these topics:

  • What music means to them

  • Their background in music

  • What inspired them to pursue music

  • Why they chose piano as their main instrument

  • Their goals in music

  • Why they have chosen to pursue a music degree

  • How this scholarship will impact them

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Students are required to submit a music resume detailing the following:

  • Private study (principal and secondary instruments, teachers names, dates of study, highlight repertoire studied and performed) 

  • Large ensemble experience

  • Chamber music experience

  • Any other relevant information

Adjudication and Results

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  • One student will be chosen to receive a prize of up to $1,000 for music majors, and up to $500 for music minors. This prize will go directly to tuition at the college of the student's choice (not to the student personally).

  • The judging panel will consist of:

    • A respected, experienced professor or doctor of music from outside the club (acting as the judge) 

    • Scholarship and Budget Committee member(s) (acting as judge's advisors and counsel)

  • All judge's decisions are final

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