St. Cecilia Scholarship
$1,000 to a student composer
The St. Cecilia Scholarship was established to help advance ASM's mission of creating an American patrimony of classical sacred music, and to expand our work with Catholic college choirs and their students.
Applicants for this $1,000 scholarship must be pursuing a Bachelor or Masters Degree during the Spring and/or Fall 2026 semesters.
Compositions must fulfill the following requirements:
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The principal language of the text must be English.
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The principal text of the composition may be any prayer of the Catholic Church, or any text derived from Sacred Scripture.
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The piece must be 3 to 7 minutes long.
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The piece must be a choral composition with some polyphonic elements within it. The composition may be a cappella, or it may include a piano/organ part.
The submitted compositions will be reviewed by a panel of judges (which will not include Angelico’s Executive Director, Ryan Everson), and the winner of the scholarship will be publicly announced at the end of April.
