Colorado ASTA Student Summer Scholarship Application - 2025
The Colorado American String Teachers Association (ASTA) will award several scholarships to students wishing to participate in 2025 Summer Music Camps. These scholarships will be awarded not only for merit but also for financial need. Through this application, students must demonstrate excellence in musicianship, leadership, citizenship, academic achievement, and/or financial need.
Students receiving scholarships may be awarded full or partial tuition scholarship to the summer music camp of their choice. The amounts of each award depends on the number of applicants. The recipient(s) of awards will be notified by email in May, and announced in the ASTA e-newsletter. The scholarship will be paid directly to the summer music camp the student plans to attend. Scholarships MAY NOT be used to pay tuition for private music lessons.
Eligibility:
• Applicants must be studying privately with a current ASTA member, or be a member of a school or youth orchestra. The teacher or conductor of the orchestra must be a current ASTA member.
• Applicants must show a desire to continue to further their musicianship and learn skills on their instrument.
Selection Process:
A committee appointed by the Colorado ASTA Executive Board will select the students most worthy of receiving the scholarship award. Determination will be made solely on the presentation of the application and its content.
Recorded Audition Requirements:
⭐️ Elementary Students (through grade 5): a major scale of the student’s choice and a piece no longer than 2 1⁄2 minutes in duration
⭐️ Middle School Students (grades 6-8): a 2 octave major and a 2 octave minor scale of the student’s choosing. Also a piece no longer than 2 1⁄2 minutes in duration.
⭐️ High School Students (grades 9-12): a major and a minor scale ( at least two octaves) and a piece no longer than 2 1⁄2 minutes in duration.
Please read each question carefully and answer fully. For the letters of recommendation, you will attach a file to the appropriate question. For the audition, attach an audio or video file (your choice) to the appropriate question.
THIS APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE DAY - FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2025 - TO BE CONSIDERED.