Graduate Aid
College of Fine Arts
School of Music
Contact: Dr. Leslie Odom, Coordinator of Graduate Studies, 130 Music Building. www.arts.ufl.edu/music/index.html
A selection of special, named scholarships and graduate assistantships are available to graduate students through the Friends of Music.
UF Endowed Scholarships and Fellowships
The following endowed scholarships and fellowships are administered by the UF Foundation. For information, check with the departmental contact person or the Foundation Web site.
- Mr. and Mrs. John V. D'Albora Jr. Scholarship Fund in Honor of Frances M. Reitz
Eligibility: graduate music majors who demonstrate excellence in music performance, composition, or research.
Value: $1,000 - Velma Lykes Music Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: music students; minimum 3.0 GPA; demonstrated financial need; preference toward students specializing in violin.
Value: $2,000 - Edith P. Pitts Music Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: nomination by a faculty member; 3FA or higher students; minimum 3.0 GPA; outstanding performers recognized for having assumed a leadership role in Department of Music or College of Fine Arts activities.
Value: $1,000, two-year limit - John and Margaret Sung Family Fine Arts Fellowship
Eligibility: meritorious graduate students in composition or conducting; must qualify as master's or doctoral candidate and have 3.5 GPA; 3.5 GPA to renew.
Value: varies - George W. Tedder, Jr., and Susan Heald Tedder Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: outstanding graduate students in choral music or voice, and outstanding undergraduate students in voice.
Value: varies - James W. Van Horn Music Fund
Eligibility: undergraduates or graduate students working on a master’s or Ph.D. in Music; proficiency in chorale singing, composing, or conducting; must demonstrate financial need.
Value: varies - David L. Wilmot Prize for Excellence in Music Education Fund
Eligibility: students with music education degrees or with excellence in service as a music teacher; must be pursuing a graduate degree in music education; upper-class students may be considered.
Value: $1,000, renewable
Non-Endowed Scholarships
- A. Didier Graeffe Scholarship
Contact: Composition Area Head
Eligibility: demonstrated financial need; prefer student composers in composition.
Value: varies
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