ALBA MUSIC FESTIVAL COMPOSITION PROGRAM
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Financial Aid

Details and Eligibility

Financial aid is available to students who are enrolled at least part-time in a college or university music program. While we would love to fund every applicant fully, at this time our program is primarily tuition driven, with additional support from our partner institutions and, most recently, the William Thomas McKinley Foundation for American Music. Most years, our awards will range from $100 to $1000. In addition, an assistantship will be available for students of current composition faculty and/or who are studying music full-time at one of our partner institutions. The assistantships come with nominal duties that may include assisting the program director with administrative and technical work (recording concerts, etc.). If you are interested and eligible in one or more of these awards, you will be asked to submit, after receipt of your application, a letter of recommendation from a current or former composition teacher, and a copy of your most recent course enrollment/registration to verify academic status.
​Our awards bear the name of four late American composers: David Stock (undergraduate award), a prolific composer and tireless supporter and advocate of fellow composers, especially those who were young and in the emerging stages of a career, Leslie Bassett (graduate award), a Pulitzer-prize winning composer who was a beloved teacher and mentor for a number of generations of composers  at the University of Michigan, Julia Perry, a mid-twentieth century musical pioneer, and William Thomas McKinley (alumni commission), a formidable jazz pianist and prolific composer of nearly 500 works, who was a highly respected and loved teacher of composition and jazz at the New England Conservatory of Music and the University of Chicago.

The David Stock Award (Undergraduate)

  • Open to students currently enrolled at least part-time in undergraduate music study at an accredited US-based institution (college or university). More than one may be awarded, pending available funds.
  • Award: Up to $500

The Leslie Bassett Award (Graduate)

  • Open to students currently enrolled at least part-time in graduate music study at an accredited US-based institution (college or university). More than one may be awarded, pending available funds.
  • ​Award: Up to $1000

The Julia Perry Award

  • Open to any woman/BIPOC identifying applicant currently studying at least part-time at an accredited US-based institution (college or university). More than one may be awarded, pending available funds. This award may be combined with other awards as well.
  • Award: Up to $1000

The ALBA Festival Assistantship

  • Open to all applicants who are currently studying with one of the composition faculty or composer-in-residence. This also includes students who are currently enrolled at least full time in music at one of the associated partner institutions.
  • Award: Up to $500

The William Thomas McKinley Alumni Commission

  • A yearly commission for a new work to be premiered at the Alba Festival, awarded to one of the past composition fellows.
  • Award: Commission to compose a new work. Variable each year.

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    • The 2022 Program >
      • 2022 Photo Gallery
      • The 2022 Fellows
      • The 2022 Alba Commission
    • The 2021 Program >
      • 2021 Photo Gallery
      • The 2021 Fellows
      • The 2021 Performers
      • The 2021 Alba Commission
    • The 2020 Program >
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      • 2019 Photo Gallery
      • The 2019 Fellows
      • The 2019 Performers
      • The 2019 Alba Commission
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      • The 2018 Fellows
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      • The 2018 Alba Commission
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      • 2017 Alba Commission
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