EKS Ensemble Scholarship

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Candidates will be chosen based on his/her COMPLETE Application (FIRST ROUND) and a live audition (SECOND ROUND). Complete application must be submitted by January 24, 2022. The live audition will take place on January 29, 2022, Saturday, between 11a.m. to 4p.m. (Venue TBD).

Application Requirement

1.  Open to any instrument(s), preferably studied at EKS Music School (Students taking instrument at their schools and studios outside EKS can also apply).

2. Open to students 6 years old or above.

3. RCM Level 1 or higher (also eligible to students who are  taking level 1 in spring 2022), or a minimum of 2 years of private lessons experience.

4. Applicant must be available to attend scheduled lessons (TBD depending on faculty availability) and perform at the annual concerts the weekend of June 11-12, 2022.

5. Previous scholarship recipients can also apply.

6. Application Fee $25 (EKS Student) / $35 (Non-EKS Student) 

Application Process

First Round: Application form and prescreening recordings (video)

Please fill out the complete application form and email it to info@eksmusicschool.com or mail it to EKS Music School with your application fee. The address is 121B Standish Avenue, Quincy MA 02170. You can opt  for us to charge the application fee to your credit card on file. (EKS Student ONLY)

Applicant is required to video record ONE solo piece no shorter than 1 minute (Repeat is allowed) and no longer than 10 minutes. Please see the following Video Recording Instruction for details. Please DO NOT email us the recording. You can upload the recording to YouTube or to Google Drive, and email the link to info@eksmusicschool.com. (Please put applicant's name on the Subject line. For example: Video Link for John Smith.)

We will only screen and process application with both completed form and prescreening recording. No exception is allowed.

Video Recording Instruction

(1) Say and indicate your full name.

(2) Say the name of the piece you are going to play including composer’s name and title of the piece.

(3) ORIGINAL RECORDING. Edited video is not allowed. Please retain the original footage of the video, do not cut, stop, filter or enhance the video in any ways. Edited video will be disqualified at once.
 

Second Round: Live audition and interview

Applicants who successfully passed the first round will be invited to a live audition at EKS Music School on Jan 29, 2022  between 11-4p.m. Applicants will be notified of audition time between Jan 25-26, 2022. The purpose of the live audition is to evaluate the students’ performance, potential and enthusiasm. 

Audition Requirement

(1) Applicant must choose two scales/arpeggios for the live audition, e.g., one minor and one major, a minimum of two octaves. 

(2) Applicant must choose two contrasting pieces different from the piece in the first round recording. Both pieces should not exceed ten minutes in total. *

Audition will be about 10 minutes in length including a conversation interview.

*Instrumentalists and singers are not required, but recommended to bring their own accompanists to the audition.  There will be no on-site accompanist available on the audition day.

Scholarship Decision

Audition result will be announced on February 7, 2022 via email.

The scholarship committee reserves all the rights in selecting recipients for the application.