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SCHOLARSHIPS
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Reading Music
Teachers Association!
Download Full 2008-2009 Scholarship Packet
RMF offers two types of
scholarships, “merit” awards based upon auditions each
Spring, and “need-sensitive” awards, for which financial
need is relevant but not the only factor RMF’s Scholarship
Committee considers.
In 1971, the board of the Reading Music Foundation
identified a need in the music community – scholarships for
young musicians. Growing from a few offerings to more than
20 merit-based (audition ranked) scholarships, the program
today helps Berks County students pay for music lessons,
summer music camp and college music study. Since its
inception, the program has provided over $500,000 in support
to future musicians. The merit-based scholarship program
remains an important effort of the foundation and its
scholarship committee, but it now has a new “twin” – a
recently unveiled need-sensitive scholarship program.
Let’s face it: Making music better comes with a price. It
may begin with practice and the benefit of a school music
program as its foundation, but it takes step-up instruments,
private lessons and summer music camp/workshop opportunities
to take a young musician to the next level. Frequently
families find it difficult to include those extras in their
household budgets regardless of how committed they are to
seeing their children advance to that next level in
musicianship. Lacking the financial means, many talented
future musicians simply can’t compete with their peers for
important rankings that not only help to define their
musicianship but also cash prizes and recognition as well.
That’s the case for support of the foundation’s new need
sensitive scholarship program – student’s who need a help
hand.
The foundation will begin accepting applications for 2009 in
December 2008. Please visit
ELEMENTARY
– HIGH SCHOOL MERIT AWARDS
or SUMMER
CAMP/NEED-SENSITIVE PRIVATE STUDY to view
descriptions, requirements and applications.
There are opportunities to students who may not fall under
the traditional scholarship program. Please write specific
instances with funds requested to Reading Musical
Foundation, PO Box 14835, Reading, PA 19612 for review by
the Scholarship Committee. Please note that all requests
must be students who reside in Berks County and attend Berks
County schools (or homeschooled). |
