ELIGIBILITY STATEMENT
1. All applications (except applications for Summer Scholarships, the Professional Development grant, and the Music Educator grant) are due by midnight, Central Standard Time on March 1st of each year.
2. Summer Scholarship applications are due by Midnight, Central Standard Time on April 15th of each year. Music Educator Grant and Professional Development Grant applications are due by Midnight, Central Standard Time on November 1st of each year.
3. All application fees are non-refundable, even in the case of incomplete applications.
4. Applicants must be dues-paying members. If a member pays their dues after December 31st of the previous year, a processing fee will apply.
5. Applicants may apply for more than one scholarship/grant.
6. Previous winners (2020 and prior) are now eligible to apply for the same scholarship or grant, unless otherwise noted. Helen Haupt Alumni Chapter Project Grant and the Wiese-Abegg Collegiate Chapter Project Grant winners may apply annually.
7. A Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation scholarship or grant may not be used for everyday living expenses, to repay educational loans, or to repay personal debt.
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2023 Scholarship & Grant Recipients
Past Scholarship & Grant Recipients
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)