Chairman: Marjorie Poorman
Secretary: Christy Smith
Treasurer: Ron Marenchin
Trustees: Jeannine Morris 2010-2013
Nana Landgraf 2011-2014
Richard Rhinehart 2012-2015
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Foundation for the Advancement of Music
is to:
1. encourage the composition and performance of music.
2. aid performing and creative artists, regardless of
citizenship.
3. promote musical education.
4. aid veterans in commencing and resuming musical
careers.
5. grant scholarships to carry out the above.
Donald Babcock Junior Composers' Awards
$735 total awards
1st State: $150, 2nd State: $125, 3rd State: $100
Junior Class I&II: 1st: $50, 2nd: $30
Junior Class III&IV: 1st: $60, 2nd: $40
Application
(Rules)
Deadline: January 15
Chairman: Susan Carlock, 5781 Brookbank Drive Dayton OH
45440-2716 (937)291-9189
E-mail:
Susan.carlock@wright.edu
Summer Music Camp Award
$3,000 total awards
20 Festival 3 Year Superior Winners @ $150 each
Grades 6-12 Moderate Difficulty level or above for piano and
Medium level or above for strings
Application
Deadline: May 1
Chairman: Karen Hunt, 245 Idlewood Road, Youngstown OH
44515-2831
Phone: (330)792-3966
E-mail:
kihunt48@gmail.com
Elizabeth Gerber Award
$50
Pre-7th grade, Festival 5-year superior winners
Application deadline: September 24
Chairman: Christy Smith, 825 Olde Farm Court, Vandalia
OH 45377-1859
Phone: (937) 890-6689
E-mail:
ofmc.jr@juno.com
Marilyn Walter Young Musicians Award
$375 total awards including 1st $150, 2nd $125, 3rd $100
For Grade 7-9,
Festival 5-year superior winners
Application Deadline: September 24
Competition is held during OFMC State Convention
Chairman: Linda Rinderknecht, 5502 Brookview Lane,
Upper Sandusky, OH 43351-9661
Phone: (419) 294-3159
E-mail:
rinderknechtlinda@gmail.com
Charlotte & W. Alfred Gray Competition
$475 total awards including 1st $200, 2nd $150,
3rd $125
For grades 10-12,
Festival 5-year superior winners
Application Deadline: September 24
Competition is held during OFMC State Convention.
Chairman: Audrey Rhinehart, 6010 Gault Road, North
Jackson OH 44451-9714
Phone: (330)538-3035
E-mail: ajrrgr@aol.com
Venetia Hall Piano Concerto Award
$1,000 total awards (1st $600, 2nd $400, *3rd $200)
Application
Deadline: April 15
Auditions: May 11 at Otterbein University, Batelle/Riley
Hall
Chairman: Janice Dunphy, 150 North West
Street, Westerville OH 43081-1452
Phone: 614-882-4741
E-mail: jandunphy@aol.com
*3rd Place Award given by Saturday Music Club, Columbus,
OH
Elsie Stupp Grand Cup Award
$500 total ($100 each, 12-Year Consecutive
Superior Winners)
Chairman: Judy Bede, 2651 Penewit Road, Spring Valley
OH 45370-8777
Phone: (937) 848-8045
E-mail:
jmusic122@gmail.com
For students in colleges affiliated with OFMC
Dance Award (For University and College Departments
affiliated with OFMC)
$1,200 total awards
Application
Deadline: April 15
Chairman: Gary Davies, P.O. Box 678, Sugarcreek, OH
44681-0678 Phone: (330)852-4182
E-Mail:
ggdavies@roadrunner.com
R. Keith Newton Music Education Essay Award
$900 total awards
1st
$500, 2nd $300, 3rd $100
Application and Essay Deadline: March 1
Mail application to Chairman:
Wanda Stubbart, 2002 Brimfield Court, Columbus OH 43229-3814
Phone: (614) 885-0987
E-mail:
wanda.stubbart@gmail.com
Music Therapy Scholarships
(Recipients not eligible two consecutive years)
Application
Deadline: April 1
Chairman: Ronna Kaplan, Director of Music Therapy
The
Music Settlement, 11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland OH 44106
Phone: (216) 421-5806 Extension 142,
email:
rskaplan@themusicsettlement.org
Cleveland Music Therapy Consortium of Colleges: $1,200 in prizes at each school
Baldwin-Wallace College
College of Wooster
Contact for both: Lalene Kay, Director,
Music Therapy Consortium
Baldwin-Wallace College,
275 Eastland Road, Berea OH 44017
Phone:
(440) 826-3176 Email:lkay@bw.edu
University of Dayton
Contact: Susan Gardstrom,
Coordinator of Music Therapy Program
School of Music,
University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH
45469
Phone: (937) 229-3908 E-Mail:
Susan.Gardstrom@notes.udayton.edu
Ohio University (Thelma A. Robinson Scholarship)
Contact: Kamile
Geist, Music Therapy Program Coordinator
School of Music, Robert
Glidden Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
Phone: (740) 593-4249 E-Mail: geist@ohio.edu
Cleveland State University
Contact: Eric Ziolek, Chairman, Music Department
2121 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44115
Phone: (216) 687-2301
E-Mail:
e.ziolek@csuohio.edu
Music Therapy Internship at
The Music Settlement
Application Deadline: April 1
$2,500 prize
Chairman: Ronna Kaplan, Director of Music Therapy
The
Music Settlement, 11125 Magnolia Drive, Cleveland OH 44106
Phone: (216) 421-5806 Extension 142, email: rskaplan@themusicsettlement.org
Collegiate Composers Contest (1st $800,
2nd $500,
3rd $300)
Application
& Rules
and Composition Deadline is March 1
Chairman: Nana Landgraf 2927 Weymouth Road, Shaker Heights, OH
44120-2234
Phone: (216) 921-7475
E-mail:
NWL9@sbcglobal.net
Marjorie Neville Collaborative
Piano Award (Accompanying)
$1,000 prize for winning accompanist and $200
for soloist
Application
Deadline: February 20
Auditions: March 20 at Schuster Hall, Creative Arts
Center, Wright State University
Chairman: Dr. Jackson Leung, Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, OH 45435-0002
Phone: (937) 775-2386 Email:
jackson.leung@wright.edu
The Winifred Collins Music Education Scholarship ($1,400)
The Gertrude Seiberling Music Education Scholarship ($1,400)
Both awarded by the Tuesday Musical Association, Akron, Ohio
Application Deadline: February 12
Chairman: JoAnn Marcinkowski 2321 Killian Road, Akron OH 44312-4968
Phone: (330) 699-9438
E-Mail: joannsings@neo.rr.com
Helen Curtis Webster Award ($1,400)
Administered by Cleveland Institute of Music
Chairman: Donna Gerber 14249 Sperry Road, Newbury OH 44065-9714
Phone: (440) 338-8187
E-Mail:
minydur@juno.com
Agnes Fowler Scholarships (Selected by the College/University) Awards Total $14,000
Ashland University | Miami University | University of Akron |
Bowling Green State University | Oberlin Convervatory of Music | University of Mount Union |
Central State University | Ohio Northern University | Wright State University |
Heidelberg University | Ohio Wesleyan University | Youngstown State University |
Kent State University | Otterbein University |
Accompanist for Agnes Fowler winner performance at Dist.
Conf. ($150 ea / 4 districts) $600
Accompanist for Agnes Fowler winner performance at State
Convention ($150 ea / 2 per convention) $300.00
Ohio Chautauqua Scholarship $500
For information, write to:
Sarah Malinoski-Umberger,
Chautaqua Institution,
Chautauqua NY 14722
Phone: (716)357-6217
E-mail:
smalinoski@ciweb.org
Award for Master’s Degree in Music/Music Education at any Affiliated University in Ohio $1400.00 (Application)
Award for PhD in Music at The Ohio State University $1400.00 (Application & Rules)
Award for PhD in Music at The University of Cincinnati $1400.00
Application
&
Rules Deadline: April 1
Chairman:
Doris Kimble, 3596 State Route 39 N.W., Dover, OH 44622-7232
Phone: 330-343-5260
e-mail: djkim@tusco.net
Adult Composer's Competition (1st $600,
2nd $450, 3rd $300)
Application
Deadline: January 5
Chair: Ruth Mullin, 4228 Milner Road NE, Newark, OH 43055
Phone: (740) 366-4213
Email Address:
rmulli@windstream.net