Music Department

Music Scholarship Information

Music Scholarships are available to all incoming students, regardless of major!

  • What's included:
    • Financial award of up to $1000-$2000 per year
    • Half-price private lessons
    • Participation in lessons and ensembles
  • How to get one:
    • During your sophomore or junior year in high school: meet with and audition for a member of the music faculty. You can schedule an audition on campus or send in a recording.
    • During your senior year in high school: in your application to Hendrix, indicate that you'd like to be considered for a Co-Curricular Scholarship. From there, schedule an on-campus audition or submit a recording within 30 days of completing your Hendrix application. Your acceptance to Hendrix and notification of scholarship offers will be sent to you once your audition is complete.
  • Renewing your scholarship: Music Scholarships will renew yearly for Hendrix students as long as the student is actively enrolled in the appropriate music ensemble for their instrument and private lessons on that instrument every semester. Some students at Hendrix pursue study abroad for a semester or a year; in this case, those students' music scholarships would continue assuming they resume their involvement in lessons & ensembles upon their return to campus. See below for a list of eligible scholarship instruments and their associated ensembles.
  • Other scholarships: Music Scholarships may be awarded in combination with most other Hendrix scholarships.

Consult with your admissions counselor or email one of the Hendrix music faculty to learn more.

Audition Requirements

Strings

Instruments: violin, viola, cello, string bass, harp
Major Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra

  • 2 contrasting prepared excerpts/pieces: one legato, lyric, and expressive; one technical and staccato
  • Sight reading

Voice

All vocal ranges/voice parts welcome
Major Ensemble: Choir

  • 2 contrasting songs
    • Students should prepare solo vocal pieces, not isolated voice parts from a piece of choral music
    • Examples of contrasting works could be: pieces in two languages, one piece of classical music/art song & one piece of musical theatre, pieces from two different time periods
  • An accompanist will be provided (we would prefer to hear you sing with a live pianist rather than a pre-recorded accompaniment)
  • Please bring at 2 photocopies of each song, plus one for yourself if needed
  • Memorization of your songs is encouraged but not required
  • Sight reading

Woodwinds and Brass

Instruments: bassoon, clarinet, euphonium/baritone, flute, horn, oboe, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba
Major Ensemble: Wind Ensemble

  • 2 contrasting prepared excerpts/pieces: one slow, lyric, and expressive; one fast and technical
  • Sight reading

Percussion

Instruments: standard concert band percussion instruments, including snare drum, mallets, and timpani
Major Ensemble: Wind Ensemble

  • 3 prepared excerpts/pieces: snare, mallets, and timpani
  • Sight reading

Piano

Major Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra, Choir, or Wind Ensemble, to be determined by Hendrix piano professors in conjunction with the ensemble directors

  • 2 contrasting prepared pieces
    • The pieces do NOT need to be performed from memory.