Scholarships & Financial Aid
Scholarship Policy
Please know that scholarships are very limited. With very few exceptions, scholarship decisions are based on a combination of need and merit.
To be considered for any scholarship assistance by the Scholarship Committee, except the 2 prizes which is on merit alone you must submit ALL required documents with or before your application. Any award will be included with your acceptance letter.
Please note that deposit deadlines stated in acceptance letters will not be extended if scholarship applications have not been completed. If you apply for a scholarship please follow all the directions outlined below.
1) Personal letter requesting a scholarship. Please include any summer study grants available to you from your school or any other grants you have applied for. Should you receive a grant from any institution of higher learning or nonprofit organization without disclosing this to SongFest when applying any SongFest scholarship funds will be rescinded.
CANADIAN SINGERS & PIANIST APPLICANTS: The Art Song Foundation from Canada generously supports Canadian citizens’ assistance to attend an ART SONG SUMMER FESTIVAL. SongFest is on the approved list and many singers and pianists have received financial aid in previous years. Please click to visit: ART SONG FOUNDATION OF CANADA
If you apply for this grant, you must disclose this information with your application.
2) Parent AND Student Tax Return(s) (IRS Form 1040) or International Salary Documentation for 2021 or 2022 in USD (equivalent to the US 1040 for your country) for the most recent tax year available. (1st 2 pages only). We require your parent(s) return even if you are not claimed as a dependent.
3) If you are enrolled in a School or University and are receiving financial aid of any kind - merit or need - a copy of the award letter from the institution must be submitted with or before your YapTracker application.
All documents should be mailed, emailed, or scanned to our secure confidential office.
Address:
SONGFEST 2024
5789 Kugler Mill Road
Cincinnati, OH 45236
Scanned or email: songfestus@gmail.com
SongFest Fellowship, Scholarship and Prize Opportunities
The Art Song XXI Prize – This prize will offer 4 young artists (2 singers and 2 pianists) to work closely with internationally renowned pianist and scholar Graham Johnson.
Opportunity: Collaborate on a recital program devised and coached by Mr. Johnson.
The American Song XXI Prize – This prize offers 4 young artists (2 singers and 2 pianists) to grow their programming skills and performance experience.
Opportunity: Create an innovative and interesting half-recital program of contemporary American art song.
The Bach Scholarship – Tuition scholarship in memory of Craig Smith $2,600) awarded to 1 singer.
Opportunity: Featured in the Bach Cantata Concert.
John Harbison, conductor with a small Baroque ensemble.Young Artist Fellows – $1,000 partial tuition awarded to 2 outstanding singers in the Young Artist Program.
Opportunity: Featured in a noon concert with a faculty pianist.
Schubert Fellows – $800 awarded to 2 outstanding singers in the Studio Artist Program.
Opportunity: Featured in a noon concert with a faculty pianist.
Partial Merit & Need-Based Scholarships - very limited APPLY EARLY!
All applicants must complete all necessary information found on the website and submit with or before your Yaptracker application no later than March 15 2024.
EARLY APPLICATIONS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.
Worth the Investment and More
“[SongFest is] beautifully tiered [with] full-program masterclasses, group-specific masterclasses, and private coachings and lessons. When you’re not at any of those, there are other classes to be at that are held in a variety of media, whether it’s in preparation for a themed concert or just for fun. When you’re not at a class, perhaps you’re at any of the plethora of concerts held here during the month, whether it’s a guest artist recital, a faculty artist recital, a CD release event, an alumni concert, or of course a student concert. When you’re not doing any of that, perhaps you’re hanging out in your extremely spacious Blaisdell Hall private single room. Sure, all of that sounds pretty great, but it doesn’t even take into account the best thing about the program.
At the price point of this program, one would expect a program with the kind of structure and perks listed above to have maybe fifteen really solid teachers and a few guest artists for the 60+ singers and 15 pianists studying here. Instead, there are 22 faculty members and several guest artists encompassing names like Thomas Hampson, John Harbison, Peter Sellars, Graham Johnson, Jake Heggie, John Musto, and many more. Faculty members come from all of the most respected places - from Juilliard to Eastman to CCM to San Francisco Conservatory to Mannes to New England Conservatory to the University of Michigan and more. All of the students here are honestly baffled that Rosemary got all of these incredible people to be in the same place with each other. SongFest really must be the greatest gathering of vocal educators for the purpose of teaching in the country. ”