The Salisbury Scholarships support full-time graduate students in their development as performers, conductors, or academics in the field of sacred music. Two annual Salisbury Scholarships in the amount of $10,000 apiece will be awarded each year to a master’s and doctoral student, with a total annual distribution of $20,000. For the 2021–22 academic year, the AGO will accept scholarship applications from May 1 to 31, from qualified candidates at the master’s or doctoral level.
Applicants must have already completed a FAFSA application for the 2021-22 academic year.
Preview the application for a scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year. This application is subject to change. The three performance requirements for organists include a pre- and a post-1800 work, as well as a hymn. The three hymn choices are 1) Of the Father’s Love Begotten —Divinum mysterium, 2) All Creatures of our God and King —Lasst uns erfreuen, and 3) Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven —Lauda anima. Musicologists will be asked to submit an example of past research. This can be either a paper, article, thesis, or book.
