Award Value: varies, approximately $1,000

• Open to Music students who have been residents of Saskatchewan for two years prior to entering the music program.
• Selection is based on academic achievement and financial need.

Award listing: Bridge City Cosmopolitan Music Bursary 

Award Value: $1,000

• Open to entering and continuing Music majors with a focus on the double bass.
• Selection is based on financial need.

Award listing: The Cam Ewart Bursary in Double Bass

Award Value: varies

• Open to entering or continuing students in the Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music in Music Education, or Bachelor of Arts (Music) degree programs, with a preference to students majoring in piano or violin.
• Selection is based on academic achievement and financial need.

Award listing: Eleanor Magel (Staflund) Kirk Bursary

Award Value: one annual award, value varies

• Open to B.Mus and B.Mus Mus.Ed students enrolled in Applied Lessons who are completing either MUAP 143, 243, 343, or 443 in Term 1, and enrolled in the corresponding MUAP 145, 245, 345, and 445 in Term 2. Both courses must be taken in the regular session. The bursary will be revoked should a recipient withdraw from a MUAP course in the academic year the bursary is awarded.
• Selection is based on financial need. Preference to students who have self-declared as Indigenous.

Award listing: Cleo Girgulis Applied Studio Lessons Bursary

Award Value: 2 awards of $500

• Open to continuing students in the Bachelor of Arts (Music), Bachelor of Music, or Bachelor of Arts/Education in Music Education degree programs who has maintained a 70% average in the previous academic year and shows a minimum level of musical talent.
• Selection is based on financial need.

Award listing: Julius and Lionel Caplan Music Awards

Award Value: $500

• Open to continuing undergraduate students pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Music Education (B.Mus. Mus.Ed) degree. To be eligible students must demonstrate financial need.
• Selection is based on financial need, taking academic achievement into consideration, as determined by the Award Committee.

Award listing: Randi Marcel Nelson Memorial Bursary

Award value: varies

• Open to Music majors with a focus on honing applied music or compositional skills, who have completed one or more years of study and has achieved a minimum cumulative average of 75% and a minimum major average of 80%.
• Selection is based on academic achievement and financial need.

Award listing: Verna-Marie Parr and Paul-Marcel Gélinas Trust in Music

Award Value: $2,000

• Open to undergraduate and graduate students majoring in Music in the College of Arts & Science who are pursuing experiential learning opportunities related to their degree. Travel must occur within 12 months of the time the award is made. Evidence of travel will be required.
• Selection is based on the merits of the submission.

To apply, submit a brief travel proposal to asg.studentawards@usask.ca outlining plans and how they relate to your course of study. Deadline: January 31, annually. 

• Undergraduate Students
• Graduate Students

Award Value: $500

• Awarded to a third or fourth year Music Education student at the University of Saskatchewan on the basis of academic achievement and the student’s contribution in performing areas and groups within Music.
• The successful recipient will receive a scholarship and will be presented with the award at the Saskatchewan Music Conference.

Deadline: September 15th, annually. 

Award value: varies

• Open to undergraduate students in a Music degree program.
• Selection is based on talent, merit and promise as determined by the award committee. Accomplishment in their field may be evidenced by course work as well as extra-curricular and charitable activities.

Award listing: Anna Bychinsky Award

Award value: varies

• Open to Graduate and Undergraduate students enrolled in any music degree program (B.Mus, B.ED/B.Mus, Mus.Ed) or the B.A. degree with music as a major, and to full-time Graduate students in any graduate program with a major music component at the University of Saskatchewan.

• Undergraduate Students
• Graduate Students

Award value: varies, approximately $1,000

• Open to full-time or part-time B.Mus or M.Mus students in any year of their program of study. Candidates must be involved within the School for the Arts (Music) in a manner determined to be appropriate by the Department of Music Awards Committee, as well as display strong musical performance and/or strong musical academic skills.  
• Selection is based on strong academic music grades and/or musical performance skills

Award link: Ken and Joy McNeill Music Scholarship

Award value: varies

• Open to students in their final year of a B.Mus or B.Mus Mus.Ed degree program, whose majors are wind, percussion, or string performance and who are participating members of the University of Saskatchewan Wind Orchestra.
• Selection is based on academic achievement and excellence in music performance as determined by the award committee.

Award listing: Dwaine Nelson Memorial Scholarships

Award value: varies

• Open to undergraduate students in the final year of the B.Mus or B.Mus Mus.Ed degree program, whose majors are wind or percussion performance, and who are participating members of the University Wind Orchestra, Concert Band or Jazz Band.
• Selection is based on academic achievement and excellence in music performance as determined by the award committee.

Award listing: Dwaine Nelson Memorial Scholarships

Award value: varies

• Awarded to a student who has completed the third year of either the B.Mus. or B.Ed./B.Mus.(Mus. Ed.) program. Selection will be based on academic achievement, evidence of outstanding service to the department, university and community, and leadership qualities.

Award listing: August and Irene Olivier Scholarship in Music

Award value: varies

• Offered annually to a student in second or third year B.Ed/B.Mus (Mus.Ed) program for whom the saxophone is the major instrument

Award listing: Harold B. Smith Saxophone Scholarship

• Open to graduate students in the first or second year of a MMus program, and undergraduate students in the final year of a B.Mus. or a BMus.Ed. program.
• To be eligible, candidates must submit a statement of their teaching or performance career intentions in Music.
• Selection is based on academic achievement and merits of the statement.

• Undergraduate Students
• Graduate Students

Award Value: varies, approximately $500

• Awarded to the department's Most Outstanding Graduate.
• Recipient will be recognized at the College of Arts and Science convocation ceremony.

Award Link: Arthur Collingwood Prize

Award value: varies

1. Conducting / Composition Scholarship: Open to students in the final year of a Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree programs who demonstrate achievements in conducting / composition.

Award listing: Dwaine Nelson Memorial Scholarships

Award value: varies

• Awarded annually to a student who has completed a 300-level class in conducting and who has demonstrated potential as a conductor. 

Award listing: Steven Nelson Memorial Conducting Award

Award Value: varies

• Open to full-time entering or continuing students enrolled in music studies through the School for the Arts (Music.)
• Selection is based on a student who shows the most promise in the field of musical composition, who is a good citizen, and demonstrates academic achievement.

Award listing: Murray Adaskin Composition Scholarship

Award value: varies

• Open to students who have been accepted into the Bachelor of Music program with an admission average above 75%.
• Selection is based on academic achievement and performance during audition for entry into the Music programs.

Award listing: Jean Straith Cook Entrance Scholarship

Award value: varies

• Open to string students entering the B.Mus or B.Mus(Mus.Ed) degree programs
• Selection is based on academic achievement

Award listing: Evan and Elsie Morgan Scholarship

Award value: varies

• Open to entering students in a B.Mus or B.Mus(MusEd) program majoring in brass.
• Selection is based on performance and academic achievement.

Award listing: Wayne and Mildred Krips Scholarship

Award Value: $500

• Open to continuing undergraduate students pursuing a B.Mus or B.Ed/B.Mus degree program, with preference given to students who are in a jazz ensemble. 
• Selection is based upon musicianship and academic performance in a student's applied lesson and ensemble studies.

Award listing: Greg Bohachik Memorial Scholarship

Award Value: $300

• Open to students in the School for the Arts (Music) participating in the Jazz ensemble.
• Offered by the Saskatoon Jazz Society.

Award Value: varies, approximately $2,500

• Open to students in the Bachelor of Music degree program.
  
• Vocal Music: Demonstrated special aptitude for vocal and choral music and teaching of the same.
• Practical Instrumental Arranging: Demonstrated talent and achievement in practical instrumental arranging and orchestration, with particular reference to music education.

Award Links:
Don Wright Scholarship in Music Education (Instrumental)
Don Wright Scholarship in Music Education (Voice)

Award value: $1,000

• Open to full-time, continuing undergraduate students or graduate students pursuing a degree in Music Education (B.Mus. (Mus.Ed.) or M.Mus (Mus.Ed)).
• No application required. For more information on eligibility requirements, application procedures, and deadlines, contact asg.studentawards@usask.ca, Administrative Support Group Student Awards in the College of Arts and Science.
• Donated by Glen H. Gillis

Award link: Angela Heigham Gillis Memorial Scholarship

Award value: varies

• Open to a student in the B.Ed./B.Mus.(Mus.Ed.) program entering the third or fourth year of study. Preference will be given to a student entering the third year.
• Selection will be based on achievement in the area of elementary classroom music as determined by the selection committee.

Award listing: Beverly Unverricht Scholarship in Music Education

Award Value: varies

• Open to students entering the second year of their Bachelor of Music (B.Mus) or Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Music (B.Ed/B.Mus(Mus.Ed)) program with their principal instrument being piano or organ. 
• Selection is based on academic achievement

Award listing: Barbara R. Black Scholarship

Award Value: varies

• Open to an entering or continuing piano student in Music.
• Awarded to a piano student who shows the most promise and achievement in performance, has a good academic record, and who makes a positive contribution to the department and university.

Award listing: Robin Harrison Piano Scholarship

Award value: varies

• Open to students in the Master of Music Performance (piano or collaborative piano) degree program. When no MMus student is eligible, a third or fourth year music student whose principal instrument is piano will be considered. 
• Selection is based on academic achievement 

• Undergraduate Students
• Graduate Students

Award value: varies

• Offered annually to an outstanding student who is currently in third or fourth year in the B.Ed./B.Mus.(Mus.Ed.) program, whose major instrument is piano and who intends to study either as an undergraduate at the University of Saskatchewan or as a graduate student at any university during the next academic year, or who intends to set up a private studio during the next year.
• Selection is based on academic achievement

Award listing: Marjorie Wilson Scholarship

Award value: varies

• Open to an entering or continuing voice student in Music.

Award listing: Frances Cumming Scholarship in Voice

Award Value: varies

• Open to students who have completed at least one year of studies toward either a Bachelor of Music Degree or Bachelor of Music in Music Education degree. 
• To be awarded to the most promising singer, as determined by the Award Committee. 

Award listing: Dorothy Howard Voice Scholarship

Award value: $2,500

• Awarded to an undergraduate degree student who is a member of the Greystone Singers and is not pursuing a Bachelor of Music or Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Music Education degree(s).
• Selection will be based on academic achievement and vocal participation in the Greystone Singers.

Award listing: Robert Solem Scholarship