Financial Aid and Scholarships
he Community Music and Dance Academy is committed to providing access to the performing arts to all sectors of the Kansas City metro area. Our efforts to reach out to underserved populations include school outreach, as well as three distinct financial assistance programs: Financial Aid, and Scholarships, and UMKC Faculty/Staff Discount.
Financial Aid
The Community Music and Dance Academy's Financial Aid program offers need-based assistance towards the following programs:
- Private lessons
- Music classes (NEW--limited financial aid is now available for choral programs)
- Dance classes
Need-based financial aid is not currently available for Stringendo. Please call 816-235-2741 or email music-ce@umkc.edu to discuss your options if you are enrolled in one of these two programs and are experiencing financial need.
To apply for financial aid, please submit the financial aid application. Complete applications include the following:
- Signed application form.
- Signed letter of recommendation from your instructor. This letter should be written by your Community Music and Dance Academy instructor; if you are not currently a Community Music and Dance Academy student, you may request a letter of recommendation from your current music teacher or from a classroom teacher. The letter of recommendation form is included with the application form.
- A copy of your most recent 1040 form or other proof of income. Please call 816-235-2741 or email music-ce@umkc.edu for a complete list of acceptable proofs of income.
Financial aid award decisions are made once a year. All financial aid recipients must reapply annually. A completed application does not guarantee a financial aid award. A previous financial aid award does not guarantee financial aid awards in the future.
The application deadline for the 2009 - 2010 year (awards beginning Fall 2009 and ending Summer 2010) is August 1, 2009.
Scholarships
The Community Music and Dance Academy's scholarship program offers merit-based partial scholarships to outstanding musicians, selected by audition. Community Music and Dance Academy scholarship awards may be applied to tuition for the following programs:
Community Music and Dance Academy scholarships are available only to current Community Music and Dance Academy students. Community Music and Dance Academy scholarships cannot be applied to Stringendo or Kansas City Children's Chorus. Please call 816-235-2741 or email music-ce@umkc.edu to discuss your options if you are enrolled in one of these two programs.
The following scholarships are available:
- Emily White Pre-Collegiate Performance Scholarship, for an outstanding performer or composer with the demonstrated potential and stated goal of a career in music.
- Dorothy Zimmer Scholarship, for one or more outstanding performers or composers.
- Academy Talent Scholarship, for one or more musicians showing outstanding potential at any level of artistic development.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION APPLIES TO THE 2009 SCHOLARSHIP AUDITION, WHICH TOOK PLACE SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2009. IT IS SHOWN FOR YOUR REFERENCE AND WILL BE UPDATED WHEN INFORMATION FOR THE 2010 AUDITION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
To apply for a merit-based scholarship, please submit the scholarship application. Complete applications include the following:
- Signed application form.
- Signed letter of recommendation from your Community Music and Dance Academy instructor. The letter of recommendation form is included with the application form.
- Live audition on April 18, 2009 (performers only). RECORDED AUDITIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
- Three bound copies of your finished score (composers only), no later than April 3, 2009.
Scholarship award decisions are made once a year. A completed application and audition does not guarantee a scholarship award. 2008 scholarship winners are ineligible for 2009 scholarship awards. Winners from previous years are welcome to apply.
The application deadline for 2009 scholarship awards is April 3, 2009. The audition schedule will be posted in this space no later than April 10, 2009.
UMKC Faculty/Staff Discount
All full-time employees of the University of Missouri-Kansas City are eligible for discounts on many Academy programs. Programs eligible for the discount:
- Private lessons: 20% discount
- Music classes: Enroll at the discounted Academy rate, even if you are not enrolled in other programs.
- Stringendo chamber music: Enroll at the discounted Academy rate, even if you are not an Academy student.
Graduate teaching assistants, full-time UMKC students who are not also full-time UMKC employees, and on-campus workers not employed by UMKC are not eligible for the discount. Call 816-235-2741 to determine your eligibility.
Submit your financial aid or scholarship application as follows:
- Scan and email to music-ce@umkc.edu
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Fax to 816-235-5998
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Mail to the address below.
Community Music and Dance Academy
301 E. 51st St., room 201
Kansas City MO 64112
