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THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: November 1, 2023

LOCATION: Ohio, USA

Awarded to incoming first-year students during their senior year of high school on the basis of music performance skills demonstrated by the audition or compositional skills evidenced by written scores

ELIGIBILITY:

Complete the general application for admission.

Complete the Music Scholarship Application Form.

Submit ONE or TWO letters of recommendation (teachers / instructors in the respective field).

Letters of recommendation in Word or PDF format may be attached to the scholarship form at the time of submission or may be sent separately via email to mpuster@wooster.edu.

Attend an audition weekend held on-campus in Scheide Music Center. Audition weekends will be offered in November and February. It is highly recommended that students attend an on-campus audition weekend. 

November 11, 2023

February 10, 2024

BENEFIT:

Students can receive $2,000 to $8,000 per year. In addition, music lesson fees for a student holding a music scholarship are reduced to $25/semester for half-hour weekly private lessons on the instrument of your audition.

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NIKON SMALL WORLD PHOTOMICROGRAPHY COMPETITION

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Application Deadline: April 30th, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET

LOCATION: USA

The Nikon Small World Competition is open to anyone with an interest in photography through the microscope. Winners have included both professionals and hobbyists. Application opens 1 September, 2023

ELIGIBILITY:

The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition (the “Competition”) is open only to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years old at the time of entry and have access to a light microscope.

Upload up to three (3) photomicrographic digital images taken by the Entrant (collectively, the “Images”) to the Entry Form.

Images must be submitted in .jpeg, .png, or .tiff format.

Images should be submitted with the highest quality with regard to file size, bit depth, and resolution.

Images do not need to be taken with a Nikon-branded microscope.

BENEFIT:

There will be twenty (20) winners ranked from first (1st) place through twentieth (20th) place, plus Honorable Mention prizes, and prizes for images of distinction if and as determined by the Judges (collectively, the “Prizes”).

First Prize: Three Thousand U.S. Dollars ($3,000.00)

Second Prize: Two Thousand U.S. Dollars ($2,000.00)

Third Prize: One Thousand U.S. Dollars ($1,000.00)

Fourth Prize: Eight Hundred U.S. Dollars ($800.00)

Fifth Prize: Six Hundred U.S. Dollars ($600.00)

Sixth Prize: Four Hundred U.S. Dollars ($400.00)

Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Prizes: Three Hundred U.S. Dollars ($300.00) each.

Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Prizes: Two Hundred U.S. Dollars ($200.00) each.

Honorable Mentions: One Hundred U.S. Dollars ($100.00) each. The number of Honorable Mention Prizes will be determined by the Judges in their sole discretion.

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