Sponsored Scholarships List

Below are various sponsored scholarships offered each year by the School of Music and Dance for Music Majors. These scholarships are awarded as part of the audition process.

• Marijane Adams E.L. & William Endowment

  • Awarded to full-time Music Majors, instrumentalists preferred, with a minimum of 6 units and GPA of 2.5 or above.

• Stella Berboth Scholarship Endowment

  • Awarded to a deserving full-time Music Major in the School of Music and Dance.

• Beverly Arnerich Compton Endowment

  • Awarded to full-time Music Majors with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

• Betty Barbour Dexter

  • Full tuition awarded to full-time Music Majors, preferably a gifted cellist of exceptional professional promise.

• Cristina Estabrook Endowment

  • To provide a scholarship to a piano student with outstanding pianistic ability and/or interest in choral accompaniment.

• Vernon Read Music Endowment

  • To provide a scholarship to a deserving wind student in the School of Music and Dance.

• Jeanne Garson Memorial Scholarship Endowment

  • Awarded to full-time Music Majors, preferably graduate voice majors in the School of Music and Dance.

• Lauren Jakey Music Endowment

  • To provide a scholarship to a deserving strings student in the School of Music and Dance. 

• H. Brent and Barbara Heisinger Endowment

  • Awarded to full-time Music Majors as a general scholarship awarded to one or more students.

• Antoinette Broyles Opera Workshop Scholarship Fund

  • To provide a scholarship to an upper division or graduate student who is majoring in vocal music and is pursuing a career in opera.

• George Lynch Endowment

  • Awarded to full-time a Music Major who is a trombone major — or, if not available, to a qualified string bass major.

• Music Scholarship Endowment

  • To provide scholarships to students majoring in music with a minimum of 3.0 GPA

• Music Joy Fund Endowment

  • The purpose of this fund is to support the presence of classical music in public schools. The School of Music and Dance shall specify the use of the funds annually according to the guidelines provided by the donor.

• Charlene Archibeque Choral Endowment

  • To provide a scholarship to a deserving choral student in the School of Music and Dance.

• Margaret and Jim Jimenez Music Scholarship Fund

  •  To provide scholarships to music students in the School of Music and Dance.

• Dwight Cannon Jazz Studies Endowment

  • To provide a scholarship for a deserving jazz student majoring in Jazz Studies. 

• String Instruments Scholarship Endowment

  • To provide scholarships for String Instrument students  

• Irene Dalis Opera Endowment

  • To provide scholarships for deserving full-time students studying opera at SJSU.

• Lois King Thore Music Scholarship Endowment

  • Awarded to deserving Music Majors, at least half time or fully matriculated; graduate or undergraduate.

• Alma Kreiss Burch Memorial Scholarship Endowment

  • To provide scholarships for students majoring in Music Education

• Notia W. Smith Music Scholarship

  • To provide scholarships for full-time graduate and undergraduate students majoring in Music

• Claude E. and Alberta D. Walker Endowment

  • Awarded to full-time students majoring in keyboard studies — restricted to graduate and upper-division (junior and senior) undergraduate majors.

• Garon Bolden Scholarship in Music Education

  • To provide scholarships to students majoring in Music Education.

• Gibson Walters Endowment

  • Awarded to full-time Freshmen or transfer Music Majors demonstrating advanced skills in violin and/or viola with a minimum GPA of 3.0.

• Catherine F. George Fund for Instrumental Music

  • To support the Instrumental Music Program at SJSU. 

• The Gus and Lois Lease Endowment

  • To support scholarships for students majoring in any of the Music undergraduate or graduate degree programs.

• Joseph Frank Opera Excellence Endowment 

  • To support the Opera Theater program at SJSU. 

• William C. McGee Music Scholarship Endowment 

  • To provide scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students studying instrumental or choral music. 

• Barbara Welch-Bateman Music Scholarship Endowment 

  • To provide scholarships to undergraduate or graduate students in the School of Music and Dance majoring in music performance with a concentration in bassoon.