Scholarships & Financial Aid
2022 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, you must submit ALL required documents with 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 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or non profit organization without disclosing this to SongFest when applying any SongFest scholarship funds will be rescinded.
CANADIAN SINGERS & PIANIST APPLICANTS: The Art Song Grant from Canada generously supports Canadian citizens for 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
2) Parent AND Student Tax Return(s) (IRS Form 1040) or International Salary Documentation for 2018 or 2019 in USD (equivalent to the US 1040 for your country) for the most recent tax year available. We require your parent(s) return even if you are not claimed as a dependent. Without the parent’s return we cannot consider you for need based.
3) A copy of the FAFSA form (Federal application for student aid) if attending college (does not apply to international applicants).
4) 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.
All documents should be mailed, emailed, or scanned to our secure confidential office.
ADDRESS:
SONGFEST 2022
5671-B Kugler Mill Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45236
Scanned or email: songfestus@gmail.com
SongFest Fellowship and Scholarship Opportunities
Professional Fellowships
The Eva and Marc Stern Fellowship Program – merit by audition for singers and pianists. This program has been generously underwritten by The Eva and Marc Stern Foundation. The 5 recipients of this award are chosen from video submissions held nationwide. This fellowship covers full tuition, housing and meals.
Professional, Young Artist and Studio Scholarships
The Bach Scholarship – Tuition scholarship in memory of Craig Smith $1,000) awarded to 1 singer.
Opportunity: Featured in the Bach Cantata Concert, with strings, John Harbison, conductor.
Young Artist Fellows: Colburn Fellows – $1,000 partial tuition awarded to 3 outstanding singers in the Young Artist Program
Opportunity: Featured in a noon concert with a faculty pianist.
Schubert Fellows – $800 awarded to 3 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 by your live audition date or no later than February 28, 2022.
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 at any of those, perhaps you’re getting food at the Colburn Café, which is honestly such a great place to eat that it transcends what anyone’s expectations of a school cafeteria are - and it’s all included in the program cost. When you’re not doing any of that, perhaps you’re hanging out in your extremely spacious dorm suite and private single room with views of Walt Disney Concert Hall and the LA Opera building, where not only the students but all of the faculty are housed. When you find some free time, perhaps you and some friends decide to take an uber to Santa Monica beach or West Hollywood, or walk to an LA Opera production or either of the world-class art museums across the street. 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 month-long program, which is actually less than a month of out-of-state tuition/room and board at CCM, 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 103 singers and 19 pianists studying here. Instead, there are 27 faculty members and 11 guest artists encompassing big names like Thomas Hampson, Peter Sellars, Jake Heggie, John Musto, and Libby Larsen. 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. ”