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Postgraduate coursework scholarships
We have a wide range of scholarship options for postgraduate coursework students studying music.

To find a scholarship that works for you, browse the full list of postgraduate coursework 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 at the Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying instrumental studies
TBC TBC

Albert Scholarship

TBC
  • Postgraduate student
  • Born in Australia
  • Plan to study overseas
TBC TBC
Alison Burrell Bequest TBC
  • Full-time student
  • Studying to become a composer
N/A N/A
Anthony and Sharon Lee Foundation Jazz Scholarships $6,000 (for up to 4 years) or $25,000 (for up to 1.5 years)
  • Jazz student
  • Be in financial need
TBC TBC
Anthony Strachan Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
Belinda Frances Hughes Piano Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying piano
TBC TBC
Belinda Frances Hughes Violin Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying violin
TBC TBC
Board of Governors' Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
Brian Abel Piano Scholarship TBC
  • Piano student
  • Resided in Australia for the past five years
  • Low socio-economic background
TBC TBC
Bruce A Pontin Memorial Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
Chapple/Bremner Scholarship TBC
  • Singing and/or piano student
N/A N/A
Clarence Addison Turrill Scholarship TBC
  • Classical piano student
  • Financially disadvantaged
TBC TBC
Conservatorium of Music Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
Corinna D'Hage Mayer String Scholarship TBC
  • Born in Australia
  • String student
N/A N/A
Costa Rosa Harsas Award TBC
  • Studying classical music
  • come from a financially disadvantaged background
TBC TBC
Dilys and Milton Renham Scholarship TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
Doris Burnett Ford Scholarship TBC
  • Musical composition student
  • Aged between 20 and 40
N/A N/A
Eleanor Dunn Scholarship TBC
  • Postgraduate student at the Conservatorium
  • Low socio-economic background
TBC TBC
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
N/A N/A
Eugene Goossens Conducting Fellowship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying conducting
  • Have completed previous studies in conducting
  • Already be a proven young orchestral conductor in the professional musical world
  • An Australian or New Zealand resident for not less than three years.
TBC TBC
Flora Jean Ferriss Scholarship TBC
  • Strings student
N/A N/A
Geoffrey Parsons Australian Scholarship TBC
  • Student undertaking further studies as a piano accompanist or opera répétiteur
N/A N/A
George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship $50,000 per annum
  • Student or alumni of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Wanting to study operatic studies, piano or violin overseas
1 September 2023 18 September 2023
George Henderson Scholarship TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium pursuing studies abroad
TBC TBC
George Wallace Henderson Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund TBC
  • Classical music (including early music and opera) student
N/A N/A
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund 2 TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music 
  • Studying classical music, including early music and opera studies
TBC TBC
Greta Davis Equity Scholarship for Musically Talented Students $10,000 p.a.
  • Studying performance in a coursework or research degree at the Conservatorium of Music
  • Demonstrates an eligible disadvantage
TBC TBC
Helen Myers Scholarship TBC
  • Female
  • Singing student
N/A N/A
Helen Quach Scholarship TBC
  • Student studying conducting
N/A N/A
Henderson Postgraduate Scholarship TBC
  • Postgraduate student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
In Memory of Richard Antony Oppen TBC
  • Music education student
N/A N/A
Iremonger Marceau Family Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
Jean Giles and Thomas Louis Pidcock Violin Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium
  • Violin student
N/A N/A
John and Dorothy Vimpani Pianoforte Fund TBC
  • Pianoforte student
N/A N/A
John Luscombe Scholarship for Vocal Studies TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium
  • Studying vocal studies
TBC TBC
Keith and Eileen Ong Prize for Piano $7000
  • Recent piano graduate
  • Plan to complete a master's at the Conservatorium or overseas
N/A N/A
Margaret Henderson Scholarship TBC
  • Brass, percussion, jazz, keyboard, organ and church music, vocal studies, opera, woodwind, composition, music education or musicology students
N/A N/A
Martha Eglit Bequest TBC
  • Piano or violin student
N/A N/A
Mary Greville and Bert Coughtrey Scholarship for Pianists TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium
  • Wanting to study piano overseas
TBC TBC
Matteson & Nancy Roberts Violin Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying violin
TBC TBC
Myron Kantor Bequest TBC
  • Student studying classical music at the Conservatorium
TBC TBC
Orchestra - Witheford Don Scholarship TBC
  • Student enrolled at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying 'back of orchestra' instruments including lower bass (trombones), or woodwind (clarinet, oboe or bassoon)
N/A N/A
Patricia Bell Grant TBC
  • Voice and/or instrument student
N/A N/A
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
N/A N/A
Peter Davidson Scholarship TBC
  • Postgraduate student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
Queen Victoria Club Scholarship TBC
  • Cello, violin and/or piano student
N/A N/A
Quinquin Foundation Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time student
  • Studying classical music
  • Financially disadvantaged background
TBC TBC
Richard Merewether French Horn Fellowship TBC
  • French horn student
N/A N/A
Rob Hatherley Scholarship TBC
  • Postgraduate student
  • Preferably studying piano and/or keyboard
N/A N/A
Rosemary Valentine Memorial Prize TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying voice or piano
TBC TBC
Sarah and Murial Jeavons Memorial Scholarship TBC
  • Female
  • Organ student
N/A N/A
Sydney Conservatorium Association Scholarships TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Scholarship TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium
TBC TBC
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Mobility Scholarship Up to $5,000 
  • Be willing to undertake travel overseas to further music studies
  • Currently enrolled in full-time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music 
TBC TBC
Sydney Moss Scholarship $20,000
  • Born in NSW
  • Postgraduate student or alumni of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Identify as an instrumentalist, vocalist or composer
  • Travel overseas to a music school
TBC TBC
Sydney Symposium Choral Foundation Conducting Scholarship TBC 
  • Australian citizen
  • Participating in promotion and development of Australian choral music as choral conductor
  • Must be aged up to 35 years
TBC TBC
The Albert Scholarships $25,000
  • Postgraduate student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
The Bessie Cook Piano Award TBC
  • Piano student
TBC TBC
The Chandler Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
The Conry Brauer Scholarship for Piano Tuition TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying piano
TBC TBC
The Conry Brauer Scholarship for Violin Tuition TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying violin
TBC TBC
The David and Nhilla Dumbrell Scholarship TBC
  • Piano student
  • Low-socioeconomic background
TBC TBC
The Donald Lionel Edgerton Scholarship TBC
  • Male
  • Opera student
N/A N/A
The Elaine McCaghern Musical Scholarship TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium
  • Low-socioeconomic background
TBC TBC
The Elise Herrman Scholarship TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
The Geoffrey Rothwell Scholarship TBC
  • Singing student
N/A N/A
The Gerald Westheimer Quartet Program TBC
  • Currently enrolled in full-time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music 
  • Member of a string quartet
13 September 2023 13 November 2023
The Helpmann Family Fellowship TBC
  • Opera student
  • Low socio-economic background
TBC TBC
The Howard-Smith Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or rural/remote student
TBC TBC
The Joan and James Armstrong Award TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
The John Holt Todd and Florence Todd Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time student
  • Studying vocal teaching and repertoire
  • Between 20 and 45 years old
N/A N/A
The JJ Kelly Memorial Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying brass instrument
TBC TBC
The Kathleen and Allison Short Scholarship TBC
  • Piano, violin, viola or cello student
  • Financially disadvantaged
TBC TBC
The Kathleen E Armstrong Bequest TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
The Kevin and Margaret Duffy Scholarship TBC
  • Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Studying vocal studies or similar
TBC TBC
The Kim Walker Scholarship Endowment Fund TBC
  • Student at the Conservatorium
N/A N/A
The Kirkpix Trust Scholarship TBC
  • First or second-year coursework student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Saxophone student
  • Low socio-economic background
TBC TBC
The Linda Kingsbury Jeffery Scholarship for Singing TBC
  • Singing student
N/A N/A
The Molly Brown Memorial Scholarship $25,000 p.a. (up to 4 years)
  • Currently enrolled in full-time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music 
  • Must have experienced financial hardship
  • Be from a low socio-economic background
N/A until 2024 N/A until 2024
The Olive Margaret Stewart Bequest TBC
  • Music and voice student
N/A N/A
The Patricia H Reid Endowment Scholarship $20,000 pa (up to 4 years)
  • Full-time student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • Low socio-economic background or financial need
TBC TBC
The Rahma Shohet Memorial Scholarship – Vocal TBC
  • Student studying vocal at Sydney Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Scholarship TBC
  • Organ student
N/A N/A
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Travelling Scholarship TBC
  • Organ student
  • Undertake overseas studies
TBC TBC
The Ted and Susan Meller Memorial Scholarship Fund TBC
  • Violin student
N/A N/A
The Vasanta Scholarship TBC
  • Australian citizen
  • Violin, viola, violoncello, piano or organ student
N/A N/A
The William and Marie Souter Encouragement Awards TBC
  • Classical music student
  • Australian resident
  • Low socio-economic background
TBC TBC
William McIlrath Memorial Scholarship in Music Performance and Research TBC
  • Postgraduate student studying music performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
TBC TBC