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Scholarship Information

Regardless of intended major or minor, musically talented students are encouraged to participate in the music program and audition for performance scholarships, which begin at $1,000 and may go up to full tuition pending a second round of auditions.

The Music Department holds instrumental and vocal scholarship auditions until the first week of March. To audition for an instrumental scholarship, you need to prepare two short contrasting etudes or a solo piece from solo and ensemble festival. For a keyboard scholarship, two contrasting works from the classical repertoire would be fine. For a vocal audition, please prepare two solo songs that demonstrate the level of your musical training and which are not simply your part of a choir song.

In order to audition, you must be accepted to Alma College. To complete an application for admission, please visit http://www.alma.edu/admissions/apply.

Please indicate the scholarships in which you are interested:

 Bagpipe Scholarship

 Instrumental Scholarship

 Keyboard Scholarship

 Vocal Scholarship

Scholarship auditions are arranged on an individual basis during your senior year of high school. Please call the Music Department at (989) 463-7167 if you would like to schedule an audition.

 

More than a third of all Alma students take part in at least one performance each year. The College offers majors in theatre, dance and music, but students of all majors may join in productions. The Remick Heritage Center for the Performing Arts is the region's premiere performing arts facility.

 

Faculty Profile

David Zerbe

David Zerbe
Departments: Music

Dave Zerbe started playing the drums when he was two years old and hasn’t stopped since.

The director of percussion studies and the bands has taught at Alma College since 1988 and joined the faculty full time in 2004.