Financial Aid & Music Scholarship Information

The Department of Music's Scholarship Auditions take place each year in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada.

Applications

New student applications are available from your high school music director or counselor, the UNR Department of Music, or online:

• Attention: The Deadline for scholarship applications for 2012 - 2013 has passed. Applications received at this point will be date stamped and held for later consideration if funding is available.

• Music Scholarship Application Online Wizard

Alternative Method: forms to download, print and send by US mail:

• Freshman & Transfer Student Music Scholarship Application (2012 - 2013)
• Continuing Student Scholarship Application (2012 - 2013 Deadline 12/15/2011)
• Graduate Scholarship Application (2012 - 2013)

About Application Deadlines: In general, deadlines vary from semester to semester and are sometimes extended with additional rounds. Please call the office at (775) 784-6145 for exact dates, times, and details.

Audition Procedures

• Audition procedures differ according to instrument and field. You will find specific instructions on the Scholarship Application, or you can view details on the Music Scholarships Application Information page.

Contacts

Please contact Julia Bledsoe (juliab@unr.edu), or the area chair, for current availability and application procedures. For more information and downloadable scholarship applications, click on the links above.

Louis Niebur, Ph.D., Department Chair, 775-784-4061
Music Department Office, 775-784-6145
Music Department Fax, 775-784-6896
Music Department Email, Julia Bledsoe, juliab@unr.edu

Mailing Address:

Music Department / 226
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89577-0049

Area Directors

• Applied Voice
  • Katharine DeBoer, D.M.A. - (775) 784-6862
• Bands
  • A. G. McGrannahan III, D.M.A. - (775) 682-9036
• Choral Activities
  • Paul Torkelson, D.M.A. - (775) 784-6145
• Jazz Studies
  • Peter Epstein - (775)-784-1501
• Keyboard Studies
  • James Winn, D.M.A. - (775) 784-4051
• Music History / Musicology
  • David Ake, Ph.D. - (775) 682-8803
• Orchestral Activities
  • Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, (775) 682-9024

Graduate Scholarships and Assistantships Application Process

The Department encourages its graduate students to apply for scholarships and teaching assistantships. Find out more:

• Graduate Scholarship / Teaching Assistantship Information

Undergraduate Music Scholarships Application Process

Each year the Department of Music grants a limited number of scholarships for the study of music. Application forms are available at the Department Office and are usually due by the end of January of the prior year. The Department encourages its students to apply. Find out more:

• Music Scholarship Application Information