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
There are 2 Graduate Assistantships available for trumpet. Assistantship includes performing with the University of New Mexico Graduate Brass Quintet, the UNM Wind Symphony, and/or the UNM Symphony Orchestra as needed. Additional duties may include assisting the faculty with brass fundamentals classes for music education majors, coaching undergraduate brass chamber music ensembles, teaching applied lessons for non-majors, and assisting the faculty with undergraduate recruitment. Total workload is 10 hours per week. This is a two-year (four-semester) half assistantship (contract is by semester, but renewable if work is satisfactory). Pay is approximately $6100 per academic year and includes a waiver of tuition (exclusive of special course fees) for up to 6 credits per semester (fall and spring). Any additional hours can be taken at the in-state tuition rate.
The UNM Graduate Brass Quintet receives regular coaching with members of the UNM Brass Faculty and principal brass players in the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and assists the Department of Music in the recruitment of undergraduate students through performances and clinics in area high schools.
