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Download the Application  (Partial Scholarship Application)

Several partial scholarships are available to applicants for both Summer Programs and both Youth Division Summer Programs.  These scholarships are based on financial need.  Include the scholarship application with your program application, as well as a letter from your parents (or you, if you are financially independent) detailing financial need and occupation AND a copy of the first two pages of your parents' 1040 Tax Return (yours, if you are financially independent).

PLEASE NOTE

Vocal Summer Program and Vocal Youth Division Summer Program Applicants Requesting Aid:
Your audition MUST be via DVD (no tapes or CDs), which may be made no more than one month prior to applying.  No opera performances permitted.
Harp Summer Program and Harp Youth Division Summer Program Applicants Requesting Aid:
NO auditions are in person. To request aid, audition MUST be via CD or CASSETTE TAPE, which may be made no more than one month prior to applying.

Accepted participants must adhere to the payment schedule outlined in the letter of acceptance. Failure to do so will result in loss of scholarship offered.

Endowed Scholarships

Bel Canto Institute would like to thank the benefactors who have made the following scholarships possible:

Phil Rogers Memorial Scholarship
Vassos-Valdes Scholarship for Male Voice
Ruth Welting Memorial Scholarship for Voice
Kathryn Ostlund Memorial Scholarship for Voice
Luigi Ricci Memorial Scholarship
Buddy Memorial Scholarships
Douglas Bakken Klaviter Memorial Scholarship for Male Voice
Mu Phi Epsilon Scholarship

Anonymous Donors:
Three scholarships