2025 APPLICATION INFORMATION AND GUIDELINES:
The competition is open to graduating high school seniors from Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana who will pursue music as their primary course of study at college, university or conservatory next year. Applications for the 2025 cycle are now closed.
APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for inclusion in the competition, applicants must:
- Be a high-school senior graduating this spring.
- Have resided in either Wyoming, Montana, or Idaho for at least two years prior to the application deadline.
- Be accepted as a music major in either performance or education at an accredited four-year college recognized by the National Association of Schools of Music, or a conservatory with a widely recognized national profile, subject to approval by the Scholarship Committee, with plans to attend next school year. Any scholarship funds awarded may only be used towards tuition at such an institution for the student to pursue the advanced study of their chosen music major, including certain musical development programs included within that course of study.
- Submit an audition video and personal narrative along with your application.
IMPORTANT DATES
Monday, June 2: Applicants notified of the first-round results
Saturday, July 26: Scholarship Competition Semi-Finals
Sunday, July 27: Scholarship Competition Finals
If you have any questions about the scholarship competition, please contact Ashley Hernandez-Salinas, Community Engagement Manager, at 307.732.9962 or ashley@gtmf.org.
The Donald Runnicles Musical Arts Scholarship Competition is generously funded by anonymous donors. We are profoundly grateful for their support.
