Alumni/Donors: Scholarships

• Scholarship consideration is based on admission to MSU and successful audition.
• Scholarship awards are based on demonstration of a high level of achievement and potential.
• Notification of scholarship awards are by mail.
• Scholarship awards are counted as part of any federally funded financial aid package and may affect the overall distribution of federal funds.
• Endowment scholarships have specific requirements and are confirmed by a nomination and review process for those students who qualify.
  

College of Music Awards

Endowed Funds
Walter Adams Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Marching Band
Carl and Alleah Armeling Graduate Voice Fellowship
Bath Band Boosters Club Scholarship
Ken and Sandy Beall Endowed Scholarship in Jazz Studies
Kenneth G. Bloomquist Endowed Fellowship in Wind Conducting
Pat Carrigan Woodwind Scholarship in Music
Dave Catron Endowed Scholarship in Music
Dick Charles Endowed Scholarship in Saxophone Studies
Ruth Minks Charles Endowed Scholarship in Piano
Catherine Herrick Cobb Fellowship in Music
Catherine Herrick Cobb Scholars in Music
Mary Nelson Eidson Scholarship in Music
Ellis Family Endowed Scholarship in Music Education
Mary Cecelia Erickson Memorial Scholarship
Leonard Falcone Memorial Scholarship
Robert Spaulding Gulliver Endowed Scholarship in Music
Ruth Priscilla Simms Hamilton Endowed Scholarship in Jazz Studies
Paul Harder Endowed Scholarship or Fellowship in Music Theory and Composition
Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowed Fund in Musicology
Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowed Scholarship for First Chair in Cello
Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowed Scholarship for First Chair in Flute
Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowed Scholarship in Voice
Dorothy Carr Houvener Memorial Endowed Scholarship
Virginia (Mills) and Douglas F Jewell Endowed Dean's Scholarship in the College of Music
Margaret Ballard Kraeer Scholarship in Piano
Clare S Mackey Endowed Fund in Voice
Spencer and Eleanore Maurer Memorial Scholarship in Piano
Spencer and Eleanore Maurer Memorial Scholarship in Violin
Ted Nicholson Memorial Fund in Music
Paul T. and Martha K. Niland Endowed Fund for Music Therapy
Endowed Fund for Choral Conducting to Honor Charles K. Smith
Niland Family Award in Music Education
Marquis L otis Fund in the College of Music
Maurice D. Pelton Endowed Scholarship in Music Studies
Professor Lewis Richards Music Scholarship
Leo and Dorothy Rohrstock Memorial Scholarship for Voice
Eldon C Rosegart Endowed Scholarship in Instrumental Music
Alexander Schuster Principal Violinist Award
Drs. Lou A and Roy J Simon Endowed Scholarship Fund - Preference for Jazz Studies
Drs. Lou A and Roy J Simon Endowed Spartan Marching Band Scholarship
Drs. Lou Anna K. and Roy J. Simon Scholarship Fund
Fritz and Gretchen Stansell Endowed Scholarship in String Education
William B. Stutler Marching Band Endowed Scholarship
Romeo Tata Graduate Fellowship in Music
Helen Tretheway Endowed Voice Scholarship
Roy Underwood Music Scholarship Fund
Robert F. Unkefer Music Therapy Endowed Scholarship
Ralph Votapek Endowed Scholarship Fund in Music
John B. and Beverly A. Webb Spartan Marching Band Endowed Scholarship
Ernst Victor Wolff Memorial Fund
Frank and Ruby Zara Memorial Endowed Scholarship in Voice

Annual Scholarships
Gerald L. Bartlett Memorial Scholarship
Brough Spartan Marching Band Leadership Award
The Budres Foundation Scholarship in Music
Jamie Bunnell Scholarship in Music
Joan Satterwhite Cartwright Scholarship in Music Therapy
Marie Grafius Orchestral French Horn Scholarship
John Gulash Memorial Scholarship
Johnson Coleman Memorial Scholarship in Strings
Stephan and Josephine Ludewig Memorial Scholarship in Clarinet
Mackey-Niland Award
Ruth Mistele Scholarship in Trombone Studies
Music Study Club of Metropolitan Detroit Scholarship
John Douglas Newman Memorial Scholarship
Paxton Scholarship
Venice L. Peek College of Music Scholarship Fund
Presser Foundation Award
Robert Gebhardt Sidnell Fellowship in Music Education
Roger J Topliff Scholarship to Honor Caroline Hartig
Josef and Elfriede Verderber Memorial Violin Scholarship
John L Whitwell Band Scholarship

Planned Gifts
George A. and Mary E. Alward Music Scholarship
Agnes Crain Trout Endowed Scholarship in Piano Pedagogy
Carol L. Lehman Endowed Music Scholarship
Winifred Wieland Nolan Memorial Scholarship in Piano
Elizabeth R. Stanaway Nordlund for Voice
Nathan and Clara Present Memorial Scholarship in Piano
Roger J. Topliff Endowed Fund

University Programs for Graduate Students
Distinguished Fellowship Program
Graduate Education Opportunity Programs
Fellowships and Assistantships for Incoming Minority Students

MSU Undergraduate Scholarships and Descriptions
MSU Graduate Scholarships and Descriptions

Articles about recently created College of Music Scholarships

Stanley and Selma Hollander Endowed Scholarship in Voice

Simon Fund Provides Financial Aid to College of Music Students

Trout Scholarship Honors Mother

Son Honors Mother/Gives Back to Univeristy Through Mistele Scholarship

Ruth Hamilton Scholarship in Jazz Studies

Alumnus Rosegart Creates Scholarship in Gratitude

Dave Catron's Influence on Students Honored In Form of Music Scholarship

Anacrusis Endows Fund to Support MSU Children's Choir

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