Merriam Music Competitive Festival will be offering some brand new scholarships with some exciting prizes!
MERRIAM MUSIC OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE
PRIZE: Tuition Scholarships ranging from $50-$100
Open to all Merriam School of Music Students participating in the MSM Competitive Festival
- Recipients must receive a mark of 90% or more and must be nominated by an adjudicator to qualify for the scholarship
- Each adjudicator will nominate performers who demonstrate a thorough understanding and excellent interpretation of their piece,
in conjunction with outstanding proficiency in the instrument
- Nominees will have their video performance reviewed by the Festival Scholarship Panel to determine final winners of the awards
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- All performances will be reviewed by our Fest
*NEW* MERRIAM MUSIC MOST PROMISING VOICE STUDENT
PRIZE: One (1) $300 Tuition Scholarship
Open to all Merriam School of Music Students participating in a minimum of 3 Vocal categories (Category #703SEQ-715SEQ)
- Recipient must be entered in a minimum of 3 Vocal categories
- Scholarship will be awarded to the performer with the highest average between 3 Vocal categories
- Recipient must receive an average mark of 90% or more
- All nominees will be reviewed by our Festival Scholarship Panel to determine final winner
SIC EXCEPTIONAL ARTIST PIANO AWARD
*NEW* MERRIAM MU
Scholarship
PRIZE: One (1) $300 Tuition
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participating in a minimum of 3 Artist Pian
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- Recipient must receive an average mark ival Scholarship Panel to determine final winner
- All nominees will be reviewed by our Fest
*NEW* INTERMEDIATE KEYFEST PIANO ALL-AROUND PERFORMER
PRIZE: One (1) $150 Tuition Scholarship
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Open to all Merriam School of Music Students participating in a minimum of 3 Interme
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(Category #513-514, 518-526, 551-552, 557SEQ-558SEQ, 560SEQ-516, 570SEQEQ-558SEQ, 560SEQ-516, 570SEQ-571SEQ)
- At least one of those categories must be a jazz/pop category (Category #557S average between 3 Piano categories
- Scholarship will be awarded to the Intermediate piano performer with the highest
- Recipient must receive an average mark of 90% or more
winner
- All nominees will be reviewed by our Festival Scholarship Panel to determine final
Merriam Music Competitive Festival will be offering some brand new scholarships with some exciting prizes!
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*NEW* MERRIAM MUSIC STAND-OUT ROCK/POP PERFORMANCE
on-voice scholarship)
PRIZE: One (1) $200 Tuition Scholarship
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Open to all Merriam School of Music Students participating in a non-pi
(Category #301-310, 315-317, 401-406)
mark in non-piano/non-voice category
- Scholarship will be awarded to the performer with the highest
- Recipient must receive minimum mark of 90% or more
determine final winner
- All nominees will be reviewed by our Festival Scholarship Panel to
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PRIZE: One (1) $200 Tu M MUSIC STAND-OUT CLASSICAL
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Open to all Merriam Sc
- Scholarship will be awhool of Music Students participating in a non-pia
- Recipient must receivearded to the performer with the highest ma no/non-voice category (Category #311-314,
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- All nominees will be re minimum mark of 90% or more
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FAVOURITE AWARD
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Open to all Merriam School of Mu have their performance posted on our Merriam Music websitite Award
- Festival Scholarship winners will ne votes will be awarded with the Merriam Music Fan Favour g, live off the floor in Merriam Productions
- Performance with the most onli high definition Music Video recording of your Festival winning son
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- Award will include a multi angle,studio time)
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Studio A (a maximum two hours art production equipment, including lighting and haze effects, pro
- Full use of all our state of the
massive Pro Tron L.E.D. screen