Financial help is available for undergraduate and graduate students wishing to pursue a degree in music or just participate in an ensemble as a non-music major. Both music and academic scholarships are available.
Undergraduate Music Scholarships:
- Performance based scholarships are available to students wishing to pursue a degree in music performance or education.
- Music Education scholarships are available to students wishing to pursue a degree in music education.
- Jazz Performance based scholarships are available to students wishing to pursue a Performance degree with an emphasis in jazz.
- Marching Band awards are given to all students that wish to participate in the UNM Spirit Marching Band. These awards do not require an audition.
- Sound Pack awards are available to students wishing to play in the Lobo Basketball Band. Students must audition for this at the end of the fall semester and are paid a stipend for every game they play.
For more information on undergraduate music scholarships, including application deadlines, click HERE.
Undergraduate Academic Scholarships:
- The Regents’ Scholars Program
- The Presidential Scholars Program
- The UNM Scholars Program
- The Amigo Scholars Program
- The New Mexico Scholars Program
- UNM Bridge to Success Scholarship
- New Mexico Lottery Success Scholarship
For information on the above scholarships visit the UNM Scholarship Office Webpage.
band and orchestra Scholarships:
Band and Orchestra tuition scholarships are available for qualified students. Please, Contact Susan Brake at 505-277-8998 or sbrake@unm.edu to set up an audition time.
Graduate AssistantshipS:
One graduate assistantship is available in French Horn at the University of New Mexico. This is a half-assistantship that includes a tuition waiver of 6 hours per semester (Fall and Spring semesters only) and a stipend of approximately $3055 per semester. A student may take more than 6 hours per semester, but these are charged at the resident rate. The tuition waiver does not cover special course fees or summer tuition (but all summer hours are charged at the in-state rate). The assistantship is awarded by semester and is renewable for up to a total of 4 semesters, depending upon satisfactory completion of work requirements. The workload for this assistantship is 10 hours per week.
Students interested in applying for the graduate assistant position are required to send a resume including any teaching and/or performing experience, a repertoire list, and an audio tape containing 30 minutes of your most recent performance.
For more information about graduate assistantships in the Department of Music, click HERE.
Graduate Assistantship Responsibilities:
- Teach applied lessons (studio instruction) to some undergraduate non-majors
- Coach undergraduate chamber music ensembles and assist with the large Ensemble Horn Choir
- Help the French Horn professor with daily operations in the music department. These duties may include helping with inventory, maintenance of instruments, master classes, etc.
- Perform in graduate brass quintet and assist in development of Brass Day
