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Education and Scholarships
Birmingham Music Club Guild Scholarships

Birmingham Music Club Scholarships have provided financial support for talented music students, at the college level, since 1941.  The scholarship program is one of the most prestigious in the Southeast.

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Scholarship Auditions

 March     2012

Hill Recital Hall
Birmingham Southern College

(Registration deadline: Postmark on or before Feb. 11, 2012)

$1500 Piano Scholarship

Mildred Volentine Green Scholarship

Runner Up $1000

$1500 Voice Scholarship

Penelope Cunningham Scholarship

Runner Up $1000

$1500 Organ Scholarship

Runner Up $1000

$1500 Instrument Scholarship

Stuart Mims Scholarship

Runner Up $1000

The Winner of the Walter Sechriest Award – best performance in any category – will receive an additional $1000 award.

Winners must use the award during the 2012-2013 academic year for undergraduate work in the above fields at any accredited college in the State of Alabama.  The Maximum age for contestants is 23 years at the time of competition.

Audition Repertoire Requirements

To download the scholarship application, follow this link to the Birmingham Music Club Guild web site.

Applications and entrance fees should be mailed to

Deborah O'Connor, 217 Country Club Park, Birmingham, AL 35213 Fax and email copies are not accepted.

 

Questions should be directed to Deborah O'Connor at 205-617-7357 or oconnormaison@aol.com.

The scholarship winners for 2011 are:

   MILDRED VOLENTINE GREEN PIANO SCHOLARSHIP
 
First Place ($1500) Kevin Canada, University of Alabama
Second Place ($1000) Lillian Roberts, Samford University

 PENELOPE CUNNINGHAM VOICE SCHOLARSHIP
 
First Place ($1500) Patrick Jones, University of Montevallo
Second Place ($1000) Bryant Bush, University of Alabama

 STUART MIMS INSTRUMENTAL SCHOLARSHIP

First Place ($1500) Brian Logan (Euphonium), University of Alabama
Second Place ($1000) Kolson Lamb (Violin), University of Alabama



 WALTER SECHRIEST BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD ($1,000)
 

Brian Logan, Instrumental, University of Alabama 

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