Opportunity: Four $1500 Vocal Performance Scholarships from Gilbert & Sullivan Austin, Video Application Deadline April 23, 2025

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Greetings Central Texas Music Students and Educators,

It’s my pleasure to announce that Gilbert & Sullivan Austin’s scholarship applications are open for the 2025-2026 academic year!

In addition to producing main-stage productions, musicales and concert productions during the year, Gilbert & Sullivan Austin awards both the Gilbert & Sullivan Libby Weed Scholarships and the Dr. Robert O. and Mary Ann Kerr Music Scholarships. We are now accepting scholarship applications for the 2025-2026 academic year. Scholarships in the amount of $1,500 will be awarded to up to four (4) deserving Central Texas music students. We highly encourage members of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) community to submit for consideration.

Scholarship applicants must:

1. Be pursuing a professional career in music or musical theater (preferably vocal performance).

2. Be enrolled or intending to enroll in a professional course of study in the United States (university, college, or conservatory music degree program, apprenticeship program, Young Artist Program, etc.).

3. Have an affiliation with Central Texas (resided, studied, or performed in one or more of the Central Texas counties of Travis, Williamson, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Blanco, and Burnet only).

4. Be at least a graduating high school senior.

6. Submit a video or audio file documenting applicant's ability.

The application deadline of April 23 is quickly approaching. We invite you to please spread the word among your colleagues and friends to encourage eligible applicants to apply. For your and your students’ convenience the application is available online HERE as a fillable .pdf file.

For any questions regarding the scholarship or application process, please email scholarships@gilbertsullivan.org.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to announcing our scholarship recipients this summer!

 Sincerely,

Janet Forman

Scholarship Committee Chair

 

COMING SOON!

June 13 - 23, 2025 at the MacTheatre, McCallum Fine Arts Academy. TIckets available from April 8, 2025 HERE.

 

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