Deadline: May 15, 2015
Are you South Africa’s next vocal sensation? If you are a
gifted young jazz or opera singer, you could win a coveted SAMRO Overseas
Scholarship.
Applications for the 2015 SAMRO Overseas Scholarships for
singers are now open, but the May 15 2015 deadline is fast approaching. Music
students and young professionals aged 32 and younger are eligible to apply for
these prestigious music study awards.
Every year since 1962, the SAMRO Foundation – which manages
music education and corporate social investment programmes on behalf of the
Southern African Music Rights Organisation – offers South Africa’s gifted music
students the opportunity to win one of two lucrative scholarships to further
their postgraduate studies overseas.
One of these is awarded in the Western Art (or “classical”)
music genre and the other is presented for excellence in jazz music. The
scholarships operate on a four-year cycle, alternating among instrumentalists,
composers, keyboard players and singers.
In 2015, the SAMRO Foundation is inviting applications from
music students majoring in vocal performance at a South African university.
Applicants must be citizens of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho or Swaziland,
born after May 15, 1982.
The two main overseas scholarship awards are currently
valued at R170,000 each, with a number of subsidiary prizes also available for
exceptional candidates. The total prize pot for this highly regarded annual
music competition amounts to almost R500,000.
The SAMRO Overseas Scholarships Competition has produced a
gallery of illustrious singing alumni over the past 50 years.
The scholarships competition takes the format of three
rounds, adjudicated by a panel of music experts and culminating in a public
gala concert at the Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg. There, the two top
candidates in each category will be required to perform a number of prescribed
and individually selected compositions, accompanied by professional musicians.
Prospective candidates for the 2015 SAMRO Overseas
Scholarships for singers are invited to download the regulations and the
application form from the SAMRO Foundation website (www.samrofoundation.org.za).
Applications should be submitted to: SAMRO Foundation, 20 De Korte Street,
Braamfontein, 2017, before Friday, May 15, 2015.
Enquiries may be directed to anriette.chorn@samro.org.za
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