Mount Vernon Music Association (MVM) is accepting applications for the 2025 Mount Vernon Music Scholarship. Students ages 10 to 18 are eligible to apply for awards ranging from $50 to $500. Larger awards and awards outside this age group are also possible at the discretion of their Scholarship Committee. Award funds may be used to pay for private lessons, upgrade an instrument, attend a music camp, reduce expenses at a college music program, or other music-related endeavors.
Instrumentation includes voice, piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. Eligible applicants must live in Franklin, Red River, Titus, Camp, Wood, Hopkins, Delta, Morris, Cass, Upshur, Marion, Gregg, Smith, Bowie, Harrison, Van. Zandt, Rains, Hunt, or Lamar counties.
Applications must be submitted electronically to [email protected] by February 1, 2025, to be eligible. Scholarship winners should be prepared to perform on one of the following MVM regular concert dates: Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. or Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., or Sunday, May 12, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. Information and an application form for downloading can be found on www.mountvernonmusic.org on the scholarship page, along with a “Helpful Hints” list with tips for a successful application.
Mount Vernon Music Association is a regional not-for-profit performing arts organization serving communities throughout Northeast Texas. They present regionally, nationally and internationally-recognized musicians at Mount Vernon Music Hall. See their website for remaining performances this season.
As part of an extensive community outreach program, each year MVM presents numerous performances in schools and nursing homes all over Northeast Texas. Educators are encouraged to contact them if interested in having them visit their school with a program especially suited to the students’ age group. Thanks to private and public funding, MVM is able to offer these programs free of charge.