Sorry, registration for the 2013 Scholarship Competition is now closed.

Application Deadline: Sunday, April 7, 2013
Preliminaries: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 9:00am-1:00pm
Scholarship Finals: Saturday, May 11, 2013, 2:00-4:00pm
Honors Recital: Thursday, May 23, 2013, 7:00pm

How To Register for the Scholarship Competition
1. Pay the $15 application fee. Payment may be made online through our secure Online Registration Center (select the activity listed as 'Scholarship Competition Fee'), by phone at (312) 369-3100, or in person at Sherwood during regular business hours.

2. After the application deadline has passed, you will receive an email from us requesting additional information about the participant's competition pieces. It is REQUIRED that this information be provided to us in a timely manner. If we do not receive the information from you, the student will not be able to participate in the event.

Who is Eligible?  
Currently enrolled Sherwood students, who, on September 1, 2013, are 18 years old or younger are eligible. Students can compete in one of six separate categories, each with a junior, intermediate and advanced level of competition. (Please note that there are four levels for pianists only: primary, junior, intermediate and advanced.) Students may compete in more than one instrument and will be assigned a specific audition time on the day of the competition. The first three placements in the Advanced Level of the Strings, Winds and Brass, Piano, Percussion and Voice categories ONLY will compete in the Scholarship Finals on Saturday, May 11 at 2:00 PM.

Scholarship Competition Repertoire Guidelines
Please refer to the Scholarship Competition Repertoire Guideline .pdf available here:
2013 Scholarship Competition Repertoire Guidelines

Accompanists
Students are required to secure their own accompanist if needed, Sherwood will not provide an accompanist for you. All scheduling of rehearsals, communication, and payment for accompanists must be handled directly between the participant and the accompanist, not through Sherwood. If you need to find an accompanist, we will post a list of available accompanists on this page very soon.

Sherwood Scholarship Information
Awards will be issued as tuition reductions during the 2013-2014 academic year, not as direct cash awards; please see below for specific award information. All awards will be made at the discretion of judges, and must be used for individual lesson instruction at Sherwood Community Music School. Scholarship recipients will be required to perform at recitals and donor events up to four (4) times during the award period (September 2013 - June 2014), and must  be able to attend the Honors Recital and Senior Reception on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Sherwood.

Scholarship Awards

Finalists

• William Hall Sherwood Scholarship (1st Place):  100% tuition reduction
• Arthur Wildman Memorial Scholarship (2nd Place):  75% tuition reduction
• Walter and Marion Erley Scholarship (3rd Place):  50% tuition reduction
• Scholarship with Distinction (4th Place):  30% tuition reduction

Advanced Level

• One 1st Place Scholarship with Distinction with a 25% tuition reduction will be awarded in each of the following categories: Strings, Winds, Piano, Voice, and Percussion. 
• One 2nd Place and one 3rd Place Honorable Mention with no tuition reduction will be awarded in each of the following categories: Strings, Winds, Piano, Voice, and Percussion.
• The 1st Place winner in the Composition category will receive $300 off tuition for the school year. 
• The 2nd and 3rd Place winners in the Composition category will be awarded Honorable Mention with no tuition reduction.

NOTE: The four advanced level students who move to the finals are assured scholarships. If, as a result of the preliminary round of the Scholarship Competition, they placed "first" in their respective categories, the Scholarship with Distinction will be reassigned to second or third place winners within the same categories.

Intermediate Level

• One 1st Place Trustees' Award with a 20% tuition reduction will be awarded in each of the following categories: Strings, Winds, Piano, Voice, and Percussion. 
• One 2nd Place and one 3rd Place Honorable Mention with no tuition reduction will be awarded in each of the following categories: Strings, Winds, Piano, Voice, and Percussion.
• The 1st Place winner in the Composition category will receive $200 off tuition for the school year. 
• The 2nd and 3rd Place winners in the Composition category will be awarded Honorable Mention with no tuition reduction.

Junior Level

• One 1st Place Junior Scholarship with a 15% tuition reduction will be awarded in each of the following categories: Strings, Winds, Piano, Voice, and Percussion. 
• One 2nd Place and one 3rd Place Honorable Mention with no tuition reduction will be awarded in each of the following categories: Strings, Winds, Piano, Voice, and Percussion.
• The 1st Place winner in the Composition category will receive $100 off tuition for the school year. 
• The 2nd and 3rd Place winners in the Composition category will be awarded Honorable Mention with no tuition reduction.

Primary Level (Piano Only)

• One 1st Place Primary Scholarship with a 10% tuition reduction will be awarded for piano only. 
• One 2nd Place and one 3rd Place Honorable Mention with no tuition reduction will be awarded.

If, due to insufficient participation, scholarships are not awarded in any specific category or level, they will be reassigned to students in the category with the greatest number of participants.

Notification of Competition Results
Results of the competition will be posted on Sherwood's website by the end of the day, Tuesday, April 30. Phone calls or emails will NOT be sent to individual participants with award notifications, participants are expected to check the website for results.