Charlotte Music Club Scholarship

RULES

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

The student must meet the following criteria.

• Be a resident of Mecklenburg County OR

• Study with a teacher in Mecklenburg County.

  Application Registration: Application link can be found above.

• Complete the online application for each participant.

• Remit application fee for each participant.

• Deadline: February 28

  Scholarship Audition Guidelines

• Audition times are assigned in advance.

• Each student is allowed up to 15 minutes for the audition.

• A student who has previously won first place for any scholarship is not eligible for first place in

  the same scholarship.

• Winners are expected to perform at the Charlotte Music Club Winners Recital. Teachers are

  required to attend to show support for scholarship winners.

  Scholarship Awards available in each Category

• 1st place: $400.00

• 2nd place: $200.00
  

  SCHOLARSHIPS

PIANO SCHOLARSHIPS
1. CHARLOTTE MUSIC CLUB PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
2. ELIZABETH W. HUGHSTON SCHOLARSHIP

Open to 10th, 11th, and 12th graders.
Three selections are required, one from each group. All selections are to be performed by memory.

I. A Baroque work of at least the difficulty of a Bach 3-part Invention or a movement from a Classical sonata or an equivalent composition.
II. A composition by a distinguished composer of the Romantic period.
III. A composition by a distinguished composer of the Contemporary period.

MESSIAH COMMUNITY CHOIR VOICE SCHOLARSHIP

Open to 11th and 12th graders.
Three selections are required, one from each group.

All selections are to be performed by memory.

Performers must provide their own accompanist if accompaniment is needed. No recorded accompaniment is allowed.

I. An opera aria, or sacred work from an oratorio, Mass, or cantata, or a comparable sacred work.
II. An art song (French, German, Italian, or Spanish) performed in the original language.
III. A song by a distinguished 20th century composer.

CHARLOTTE MUSIC CLUB STRING SCHOLARSHIP (violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp, guitar)

Open to 10th, 11th, and 12 graders.
Three selections are required, one from each group.
Students are urged to play from memory.
Bowed strings: one selection from Group II or Group III must be accompanied. This is not required for harp and guitar.
Performers must provide their own accompanist if accompaniment is needed. No recorded accompaniment is allowed.

I. Harp or Guitar: an etude; Bowed Strings: A composition demonstrating the ability to play unaccompanied.
II. A movement from a Baroque or Classical composition.
III. A composition from the Romantic or Contemporary period.

CHARLOTTE MUSIC CLUB WOODWIND SCHOLARSHIP (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon)

Open to 10th, 11th, and 12 graders.
Two selections are required, one from each group.
Students are urged to play from memory.
Performers must provide their own accompanist if accompaniment is needed. No recorded accompaniment is allowed.

I. A composition from the Baroque or Classical period.
II. A composition from the Romantic or Contemporary period.

CHARLOTTE MUSIC CLUB BRASS SCHOLARSHIP (trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba)

Open to 10th, 11th, and 12 graders.
Two selections are required, one from each group.
Students are urged to play from memory.
Performers must provide their own accompanist if accompaniment is needed. No recorded accompaniment is allowed.

I. A composition from the Baroque or Classical period.
II. A composition from the Romantic or Contemporary period.

Questions? Please email charlottemusicclubnc@gmail.com