GRANT & SCHOLARSHIP CHAIRS

Kira Dixon
PRESIDENT@mpefoundation.org

  • Music Educator Grants (due Nov. 1)

  • Madge Cathcart Gerke Scholarship

  • Beth Landis Music Education Scholarship

  • Hazel B. Morgan Scholarship*

  • Nadine Williams Scholarship

  • Dr. Fran Irwin Music Education Memorial Scholarship

  • John and Mary Virginia Foncannon Choral Conducting or Sacred Music Scholarship

  • John and Mary Virginia Foncannon Conducting/Coaching Scholarship

Sean Kilgore
Vicepresident@mpefoundation.org

  • Alberta Denk Scholarship for Violin, Viola, Cello*

  • Beth Landis Violin Scholarship

  • Eleanor Hale Wilson Cello Scholarship

  • La Verne Jackson Memorial Music Therapy Scholarship

  • Edythe G. Burdin Scholarship

  • Mary Alice Cox Grant for Lifelong Learning

  • Jean Louise Martin Scholarship

Isabel De La Cerda
Treasurer@mpefoundation.org

  • Gerke Collegiate Artist Scholarships*

  • Bettylou Scandling Hubin Scholarship for World Music/Multicultural Music

  • Musicological Research Awards

  • Original Composition Awards

  • Diversity Scholars Grant

  • Jazz Studies Grant (Not offered this year)

Dr. Katsuya Yuasa

secretary@mpefoundation.org

  • Liana K. Sandin Grants-In-Aid**

  • Mabel Henderson Memorial Grant for International Study

  • Merle Montgomery Doctoral Grant

  • Ellen Jane Lorenz Porter Grant for Graduate Work in Composition

  • Lillian Harlan Ramage Grant for Graduate Study in Composition*

  • James and Lola Faust Chamber Music Scholarship

  • Ruth Dean Morris Scholarship

*Scholarships are significantly funded through the generosity of the Eleanor Hale Wilson Charitable Trust.

**Grants significantly funded by the Pearle Francis Finigan Foundation

Danielle Kuntz
grants@mpefoundation.org

  • Helen Haupt Alumni Chapter Project Grants

  • Helen Haupt Piano Scholarship

  • Wihla Hutson Organ Scholarship

  • Bernstein-Crosman Scholarship

  • Eleanor B. Weiler and Mildred B. Frame Piano Scholarship

  • Nancy Brogden Booker Collaborative Pianist Award

Dr. Matthew Hoch

philanthropies@mpefoundation.org

  • Elizabeth Boldenweck Voice Scholarship*

  • Mikanna Clark Taurman Voice Scholarship

  • Sara Eikenberry Undergraduate Voice Scholarship

  • Sara Eikenberry Graduate Voice Scholarship

  • Ines Pratt Jamison Scholarship

  • Brena Hazzard Voice Scholarship

  • Liana K. Sandin Voice Scholarship

Dr. Hannah Porter-Occeña

admin@mpefoundation.org

  • Bettylou Scandling Hubin Scholarship for Music Technology

  • Wiese-Abegg Collegiate Chapter Grant

  • Eleanor Hale Wilson Summer Scholarships (due April 15)

  • Large Ensemble Grant (Not offered this year)

  • Professional Development Grant (Not offered this year)

  • Early Music Grant (Not offered this year)