The objective of each scholarship is to assist financially those students 25 years and younger who have permanent residence or have studied within the Township of Uxbridge and who are proceeding to full time studies at a post-secondary institution. Two types of awards are offered:

• "A" Scholarships are offered to students who will take music as their major.
• "B" Scholarships are offered to students who will take music as a minor.
  • The "A" scholarships will be offered at approximately twice the monetary value as "B" scholarships.
  • A candidate can enter the competition more than once but cannot win more than one scholarship. 

Notification of the competition will be published in the local press and by notice at Uxbridge Secondary School by March 31. 

Selection will be by audition and by other criteria outlined below and the contestants will be advised by July 15 each year. Awards will be presented at a ceremony prior to the end of August.

The Scholarship Fund will receive applications at any time up to May 15 of each year. Application forms and accompanying publicity, including the audition date, will be published in the local press by March 31.

The Scholarship Fund Adjudicating Committee will be made up of a panel of two consisting of members who live outside the Township of Uxbridge and who will include at least one music teacher and/or a musician whose principal activity is as performer. The panel will be established each year by March 31. Auditions will be held on a Saturday in Uxbridge in the final two weeks in May.

Scholarships may be presented in the name of the Uxbridge Music Scholarship Fund and/or in the names of particular donor groups or individuals, at the discretion of the Fund Committee.

 
Recipients must demonstrate the following:

1. Acceptance by a recognized institute of higher education verifying specifically the nature of the program being entered and whether music is a major or minor. (This may be provided after the adjudication but must be in the hands of the Scholarship Fund Committee before July 1.)
2. High academic standing at the High School level.
3.  A high level of performance at the audition in two contrasting pieces at their current level of study. Total performance time is to be between 15 and 20 minutes.
4.  Musical involvement within the community.

Applicants will provide, along with their application, a personal statement of no more than 500 words about their future study plans and why they should be considered for an award.

 Immediately following the performance at the audition, members of the Scholarship Fund Committee may interview the applicant. Recipients may be asked to perform in one of the Fund’s “Rising Stars Concerts” during the year following the award of the scholarship, subject to mutual availability.

Cheques for successful candidates can be made payable to the candidate or to the institute of the recipient’s choice.

Relative weighing of the above criteria will be approximately as follows:

•  Performance in audition:                                 75%
•  Academic achievement:                                    10%
•  Personal letter and interview at audition:       5%
• Community involvement:                                   10%

Then provide the committee with the following information by mail to the address at the bottom. 

  Or email cnhicken@look.ca and request an application form.

NAME  
ADDRESS  
POSTAL CODE   

TELEPHONE  
EMAIL  

ATTENDING/GRADUATED FROM WHICH HIGH SCHOOL

VOCAL/INSTRUMENTAL (or both) ?  

State instrument(s) (if applicable)  

HOW MANY YEARS OF INSTRUCTION? 

LEVEL/GRADE ATTAINED  

WHICH INSTITUTION(S) HAVE YOU APPLIED TO/BEEN ACCEPTED BY?

WHICH COURSES OF STUDY DO YOU INTEND TO PURSUE?  (Please be precise)

PERSONAL STATEMENTS:   

1.   Please tell us about your plans for your musical career.

2.   What musical events have you been involved in at your school or in your community?

3.   Why do you feel you should be awarded a Scholarship? 
4.   Please provide us with the top six marks you received in your last year of high school.

PLEASE RETURN COMPLETED FORM by MAY 15 TO:

      THE SECRETARY, UXBRIDGE MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND,

            PO BOX 373, UXBRIDGE, ON  L9P 1M8

VERIFICATION OF MARKS AND ADMISSION BY UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE WILL BE ASKED FOR PRIOR TO ANY AWARD.