Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Bachelors and honours scholarships

We have a wide range of scholarship options for domestic students studying bachelors and honours in music.

To find a scholarship that works for you, browse the full list of undergraduate scholarships for the Sydney Conservatorium of Music students in the table below.

This page includes scholarships for both prospective and current domestic students.

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
Alan Hyland Scholarship for Instrumental Studies	TBC	Full-time student Studying instrumental studies	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Alison Burrell Bequest	TBC	Full-time student Studying to become a composer	2021	2021
Anthony and Sharon Lee Foundation Jazz Scholarships	Up to $25,000	Jazz student Be in financial need	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Anthony Strachan Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Brian Abel Piano Scholarship	TBC	Piano student Resided in Australia for the past 5 years Low socio-economic background	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Bruce A Pontin Memorial Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student Studying piano or organ	January 2021	February 2021
Chapple/Bremner Scholarship	TBC	Singing and/or piano student	January 2021	February 2021
Clarence Addison Turrill Scholarship	TBC	Classical piano student Financially disadvantaged	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Corinna D'Hage Mayer String Scholarship	TBC	Born in Australia String student	January 2021	February 2021
Costa Rosa Harsas Award	TBC	Full-time student Studying classical music Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC
Dilys and Milton Renham Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium	January 2021	February 2021
Doris Burnett Ford Scholarship	TBC	Musical composition student Aged between 20 and 40	January 2021	February 2021
Dr Lawrence Smith Scholarship for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander	$2,000	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student Health or music student Demonstrated financial need	2 November 2020	10 November 2020
Elizabethan Theatre Trust Ladies’ Committee Scholarship for Piano, Voice or Orchestral Instruments	TBC	Full-time coursework or research student Piano, Voice or Orchestral Instruments student	January 2021	February 2021
Flora Jean Ferriss Scholarship	TBC	String student	January 2021	February 2021
Geoffrey Parsons Australian Scholarship	TBC	Student undertaking further studies as a piano accompanist or opera répétiteur	January 2021	February 2021
George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Student studying operatic studies, piano or violin	2021	2021
George Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Student pursuing studies abroad	2021	2021
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund	TBC	Classical music (including early music and opera) student	January 2021	February 2021
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund 2	TBC	Full-time student Studying classical music, including early music and opera studies	January 2021	February 2021
Helen Myers Scholarship	TBC	Female Singing student	January 2021	February 2021
Helen Quach Scholarship	TBC	Student studying conducting	January 2021	February 2021
In Memory of Richard Antony Oppen	TBC	Music education student	January 2021	February 2021
Jean Giles and Thomas Louis Pidcock Violin Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium Violin student	January 2021	February 2021
John and Dorothy Vimpani Pianoforte Fund	TBC	Pianoforte student	January 2021	February 2021
John Luscombe Scholarship for Vocal Studies	TBC	Full-time student Studying vocal studies	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Kerkyasharian and Kayikian Fund for Armenian Studies	TBC	Honours, master's by research or PhD student or academic affiliate Undertaking research in 19th century or earlier Armenian studies Applying for project or activity funding	15 January 2021	15 March 2021
Margaret Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Brass, percussion, jazz, keyboard, organ and church music, vocal studies, opera, woodwind, composition, music education or musicology students	January 2021	February 2021
Martha Eglit Bequest	TBC	Piano or violin student	January 2021	February 2021
Mary Greville and Bert Coughtrey Scholarship for Pianists	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium Wanting to study piano overseas	2021	2021
Myron Kantor Bequest	TBC	Student studying classical music	January 2021	February 2021
Patricia Bell Grant	TBC	Voice and/or instrument student	January 2021	February 2021
Patricia Long Scholarship	TBC	Undergraduate music student Low socio-economic background	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Patricia Lucas Music Achievement Scholarship	TBC	Singing, oboe, violin, cello or clarinet student Serious intention for a classical career Born in Australia Aged between 20 and 30	January 2021	February 2021
Peter Davidson Music Scholarship	$10,000	Full-time student at the Conservatorium From a rural/remote area	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Queen Victoria Club Scholarship	TBC	Cello, violin and/or piano student	January 2021	February 2021
Quinquin Foundation Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student Studying classical music Financially disadvantaged background	January 2021	February 2021
Richard Merewether French Horn Fellowship	TBC	French horn student	January 2021	February 2021
Rosemary Valentine Memorial Prize	TBC	Full-time student Studying voice or piano	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
Sarah and Murial Jeavons Memorial Scholarship	TBC	Female Organ student	January 2021	February 2021
Sydney Conservatorium Association Scholarships	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium	2021	2021
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium	January 2021	February 2021
The Bessie Cook Piano Award	TBC	Piano student	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The Chandler Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The David and Nhilla Dumbrell Scholarship	TBC	Piano student Low-socioeconomic background	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The Donald Lionel Edgerton Scholarship	TBC	Male Opera student	January 2021	February 2021
The Elise Herrman Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium	January 2021	February 2021
The Geoffrey Rothwell Scholarship	TBC	Singing student	January 2021	February 2021
The Grace Russell Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student Experiencing financial hardship	TBC	TBC
The Helpmann Family Fellowship	TBC	Opera student Low socio-economic background	TBC	TBC
The Howard-Smith Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or rural/remote student	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The Joan and James Armstrong Award	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium	January 2021	February 2021
The John Holt Todd and Florence Todd Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student Studying vocal teaching and repertoire Between 20 and 45 years old	2021	2021
The Kathleen and Allison Short Scholarship	TBC	Piano, violin, viola or cello student Financially disadvantaged	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The Kathleen E Armstrong Bequest	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium	January 2021	February 2021
The Kevin and Margaret Duffy Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying vocal studies or similar	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The Kim Walker Scholarship Endowment Fund	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium	January 2021	February 2021
The Kirkpix Trust Scholarship	TBC	First or second-year coursework student Saxophone student Low socio-economic background	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The Linda Kingsbury Jeffery Scholarship for Singing	TBC	Singing student	January 2021	February 2021
The Michael Bannigan Scholarship for the Double Bass	TBC	Undergraduate double bass student	January 2021	February 2021
The Olive Margaret Stewart Bequest	TBC	Music and voice student	January 2021	February 2021
The Patricia H Reid Endowment Scholarship	$20,000 pa (up to 4 years)	Full-time student Low socio-economic background or financial need	17 August 2020	21 September 2020
The Rahma Shohet Memorial Scholarship – Vocal	TBC	Student studying vocal	17 August 2020	21 Septermber 2020
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Scholarship	TBC	Organ student	January 2021	February 2021
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Travelling Scholarship	TBC	Organ student Undertake overseas studies	2021	2021
The Ted and Susan Meller Memorial Scholarship Fund	TBC	Violin student	January 2021	February 2021
The Vasanta Scholarship	TBC	Australian citizen Violin, viola, violoncello, piano or organ student	January 2021	February 2021
The Verna Florence Dinham Scholarship for Piano	TBC	Undergraduate piano student	January 2021	February 2021
The William and Marie Souter Encouragement Awards	TBC	Classical music student Australian resident Low socio-economic background	TBC	TBC

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