YEAR 1 APPLICATIONS DUE: March 15, 2026

YEAR 1 AUDITION DAY: April 18, 2026

 

FINAL RECITALS for 2025-26 students: May 2, 2026 *NEW DATE!

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SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships provide private lessons with a professional musician or music educator to selected music students who are new to private study (less than 25 hours), live in the 5 county greater Milwaukee area, and whose family is in need of a financial helping hand. On Audition Day, students participate in a workshop on Audition and Performance Preparation and enjoy a performance by winners of the High School Competition. 

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Students, if you would like to be part of this program, ask your teacher for their recommendation and complete the application. 

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Music teachers, if you have students who would benefit from this program, we encourage you to make this application available to those students. 

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ELIGIBILITY​

• Student is already playing an instrument and entering grades 4 -11in the following school year (any band or orchestra instruments, piano and guitar)

• OR Student is already singing and entering grades 8 -12 the following school year

• Family can demonstrate financial need (CIVIC MUSIC will determine this from the application)

• Family lives in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Ozaukee or Racine County      

• Student has had some instruction, but is new to regular private music lessons on this instrument/voice (i.e. less than 25 hours of private lessons taken previously)

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​Application Process

Students must be recommended by a teacher. (Parents and students may certainly ask their teacher for that recommendation!) Students, parents and recommending teachers need to work together to complete the application. Please make sure to give yourself enough lead time when preparing it. Click on one of the purple buttons above. Print out the application and follow the instructions included. If you choose to pay your application fee online, click the pink button. If you don't have access to a printer, you can talk with your teacher to get a printed application or email us at info@civicmusicmilwaukee.org and we can send you an application. 

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Audition and Interview

On Audition Day, students are assigned to either a morning (9:00AM-Noon) or afternoon (1:00-4:00PM) session and must attend with their parent/guardian. The day's schedule includes: 

• Program Orientation 

• Audition and Recital Preparation Workshop 

• Recital Performance by one or more of our High School Showcase Recital winners

• Audition/Interview (5 minutes) before a panel of two music educators

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Final Recitals

As a culminating experience to the year of lessons, students perform on a year-end recital showcasing each participant in a solo performance for a live audience. 

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YEAR 2 and YEAR 3

The opportunity for advancement to Year 2 and Year 3 lessons is available only to Year 1 students who earn their private teacher’s recommendation. Teachers will be asked for their recommendations in March. We will notify students at the end of March if you have been recommended. Please do not apply before we send you the application. Your April 12 recital performance will serve as your audition for the additional scholarship. 

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Check out our flyers featuring some of this year's students!​