Music international postgraduate scholarships

We have a wide range of scholarship options for international postgraduate students studying music.

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

General scholarships

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility
Albert Scholarship	TBC	Graduate of the University of Sydney Currently reside in Australia
Anthony Strachan Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Conservatorium of Music
Board of Governors' Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Bruce A Pontin Memorial Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music
Conservatorium of Music Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Dylis and Milton Renham Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium
George Wallace Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Henderson Postgraduate Scholarship	TBC	Postgraduate student at the Conservatorium
In Memory of Richard Antony Oppen	TBC	Music education student
Iremonger Marceau Family Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Peter Davidson Scholarship	TBC	Postgraduate student at the Conservatorium
Sydney Conservatorium Association Scholarships	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium
Sydney Conservatorium of Music Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium
The Albert Scholarships	$25,000	Postgraduate student at the Conservatorium
The Chandler Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Elaine McCaghern Musical Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium Low-socioeconomic background
The Elise Herrman Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium
The Howard-Smith Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander or rural/remote student
The Joan and James Armstrong Award	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium of Music
The Kathleen E Armstrong Bequest	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium
The Kim Walker Scholarship Endowment Fund	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium
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
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
William McIlrath Memorial Scholarship in Music Performance and Research	TBC	Postgraduate student studying music performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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Musical composition

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility
Alison Burrell Bequest	TBC	Full-time student Studying to become a composer
Doris Burnett Ford Scholarship	TBC	Musical composition student Aged between 20 and 40
Margaret Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Brass, percussion, jazz, keyboard, organ and church music, vocal studies, opera, woodwind, composition, music education or musicology students

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Instrumentation

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility
Alan Hyland Scholarship for Instrumental Studies	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music Studying instrumental studies
Belinda Frances Hughes Piano Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying piano
Belinda Frances Hughes Violin Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying violin
Brian Abel Piano Scholarship	TBC	Piano student Resided in Australia for the past five years Low socio-economic background
Chapple/Bremner Scholarship	TBC	Singing and/or piano student
Clarence Addison Turrill Scholarship	TBC	Classical piano student Financially disadvantaged
Corinna D'Hage Mayer String Scholarship	TBC	Born in Australia String student
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
Flora Jean Ferriss Scholarship	TBC	Strings student
Geoffrey Parsons Australian Scholarship	TBC	Student undertaking further studies as a piano accompanist or opera répétiteur
Jean Giles and Thomas Louis Pidcock Violin Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium Violin student
John and Dorothy Vimpani Pianoforte Fund	TBC	Pianoforte student
Margaret Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Brass, percussion, jazz, keyboard, organ and church music, vocal studies, opera, woodwind, composition, music education or musicology students
Matteson & Nancy Roberts Violin Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying violin
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)
Patricia Bell Grant	TBC	Voice and/or instrument student
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
Queen Victoria Club Scholarship	TBC	Cello, violin and/or piano student
Richard Merewether French Horn Fellowship	TBC	French horn student
Rosemary Valentine Memorial Prize	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music Studying voice or piano
Sarah and Murial Jeavons Memorial Scholarship	TBC	Female Organ student
The Bessie Cook Piano Award	TBC	Piano student
The Conry Brauer Scholarship for Piano Tuition	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying piano
The Conry Brauer Scholarship for Violin Tuition	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying violin
The David and Nhilla Dumbrell Scholarship	TBC	Piano student Low-socioeconomic background
The Gerald Westheimer Quartet Program	TBC	Currently enrolled in full-time at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Member of a string quartet
The JJ Kelly Memorial Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying brass instrument
The Kathleen and Allison Short Scholarship	TBC	Piano, violin, viola or cello student Financially disadvantaged
The Kirkpix Trust Scholarship	TBC	First or second-year coursework student at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Saxophone student Low socio-economic background
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Scholarship	TBC	Organ student
The Ted and Susan Meller Memorial Scholarship Fund	TBC	Violin student
The Vasanta Scholarship	TBC	Australian citizen Violin, viola, violoncello, piano or organ student

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Performance, including opera, voice and conducting

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility
Chapple/Bremner Scholarship	TBC	Singing and/or piano student
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
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.
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
Helen Myers Scholarship	TBC	Female Singing student
Helen Quach Scholarship	TBC	Student studying conducting
John Luscombe Scholarship for Vocal Studies	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium Studying vocal studies
Margaret Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Brass, percussion, jazz, keyboard, organ and church music, vocal studies, opera, woodwind, composition, music education or musicology students
Patricia Bell Grant	TBC	Voice and/or instrument student
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
Rosemary Valentine Memorial Prize	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music Studying voice or piano
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
The Donald Lionel Edgerton Scholarship	TBC	Male Opera student
The Geoffrey Rothwell Scholarship	TBC	Singing student
The Helpmann Family Fellowship	TBC	Opera student Low socio-economic background
The John Holt Todd and Florence Todd Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student Studying vocal teaching and repertoire Between 20 and 45 years old
The Kevin and Margaret Duffy Scholarship	TBC	Full-time coursework or research students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Studying vocal studies or similar
The Linda Kingsbury Jeffery Scholarship for Singing	TBC	Singing student
The Olive Margaret Stewart Bequest	TBC	Music and voice student
William McIlrath Memorial Scholarship in Music Performance and Research	TBC	Postgraduate student studying music performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music

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Genre studies, including classical music

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility
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
Costa Rosa Harsas Award	TBC	Studying classical music come from a financially disadvantaged background
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund	TBC	Classical music (including early music and opera) student
Greenberg-Gurney-Jensen Fund 2	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium of Music Studying classical music, including early music and opera studies
Myron Kantor Bequest	TBC	Student studying classical music at the Conservatorium
Quinquin Foundation Scholarship	TBC	Full-time student Studying classical music Financially disadvantaged background
The William and Marie Souter Encouragement Awards	TBC	Classical music student Australian resident Low socio-economic background

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Overseas study

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility
George and Margaret Henderson Scholarship	up to $50,000 per annum or at Dean's discretion	Student or alumni of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music Wanting to study operatic studies, piano or violin overseas
George Henderson Scholarship	TBC	Student at the Conservatorium pursuing studies abroad
Keith and Eileen Ong Prize for Piano	$7000	Recent piano graduate Plan to complete a master's at the Conservatorium or overseas
Mary Greville and Bert Coughtrey Scholarship for Pianists	TBC	Full-time student at the Conservatorium Wanting to study piano overseas
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
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
The Richard and Doreen Wilson Organ Travelling Scholarship	TBC	Organ student Undertake overseas studies

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Sydney Conservatorium of Music

General scholarships

Musical composition

Instrumentation

Performance, including opera, voice and conducting

Genre studies, including classical music

Overseas study