Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego Scholarship Awards

The Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego Scholarship Awards is an annual competition awarding scholarships to instrumentalists and vocalists. Annual auditions are held in strings, keyboard, winds and brass, and voice to determine winners. Winners are selected based on musical talent and demonstrated achievement and have gone on to study at conservatories and perform professionally. The programme is open to applicants meeting residency or student-status requirements in the San Diego/Imperial County and Baja California Norte region.

$12,000 scholarship awards to competition winners.

Applicants must be residents of San Diego County, Imperial County or Baja California del Norte for at least one year at the time of the preliminary audition or have been a full-time registered student (12 semester units) in a college or university in those areas since the preceding September. All applicants must have reached age 16 or be a graduating high school senior and not have reached age 24 on the date of the final audition; vocalists must have reached age 18 or be a graduating high school senior and not have reached age 32 on the date of the final audition.

Applicants enter an annual audition competition with preliminary and final auditions in specified instrument/voice categories.