Congratulations on your accomplishment and successful selection to perform with a most talented group of individuals!  Your hard work and commitment to performance excellence has begun to yield exciting results, and we are confident your All-State experiences will enable you to move even closer to achieving success beyond high school.

Whether or not you plan to major in music, if you want to find scholarship money and participate in an ensemble of any kind - band, orchestra, voice, musical theater, or even commercial music, you will want to know about this resource.

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EXAMPLES of Community Scholarships Listed:

• General Music ANNUAL MUSIC STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS Essay Contest for all public and private school students (including home school) in grades 4 through 12. Amount of Award: $1,000 Application Deadline: December 31 Number of Awards: 10 Duration of Award: 1 year Contact Information: School Band & Orchestra 21 Highland Circle Suite One Needham, MA 02494 Phone: (800) 964-5150 Fax: (781) 453-9389 http://www.sbomagazine.com/ME2/dirsect.asp?sid=F304E8D78FBE4F74B99F91D7AA49CDBA&nm=Essay+Contest

• GLENN MILLER SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION (INSTRUMENTALISTS & VOCALISTS) Amount of Award: $1,000, $2,000 & $4,000 Application Deadline: March 15 Number of Awards: 6 Duration of Award: Annual Competition Contact Information: Glenn Miller Birthplace Society 107 East Main Street P.O. Box 61 Clarinda, IA, 51632 Phone/Fax: 712-542-2461 Email: gmbs@heartland.net http://www.glennmiller.org/scholar.htm