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Each year the AMC awards several music scholarships that are paid directly to the student’s choice of a university music program or a summer music camp. In 2024 our awards totaled $36,000! In 2025 our awards totaled $38,750!

The AMC scholarship competition was held from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday, March 29, 2025 at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center on the Morehouse College campus. Winners are posted here, plus notified via email around April 01, 2025.
All scholarship applications required a $40 non-refundable fee!

Only judges, volunteers, and competitors with limited family members are invited to this event!

Please park in the lot on the right side of the Center, then enter through door at the back of the building.

The previous competition was held Saturday, April 27, 2024 on the campus of Agnes Scott College in Presser Hall.

2025 Piano Scholarship Awards

High School
1st Place – Dahyun Yang
2nd Place – Hannah Sundar
Honorable Mention – Hanen Guo & Chaean Lee

Undergraduate
1st Place – Yido Zhao
2nd Place – Jameel Maayah
Honorable Mention – Nikol Bazalytska, John Langley, & Xitian Shen

Graduate
1st Place – Tiffany Yin
2nd Place – Hao Ying Wu
Honorable Mention – Meng Yuan Li

2025 Instrumental Scholarship Awards

High School
1st Place – Declan Johnston & Seogyeom (Aiden) Kim
2nd Place – Arina Lee
Honorable Mention – Leonardo Castro-Balbi

Undergraduate/Graduate
1st Place – Gabriella McClellan
2nd Place – David Lescalleet
Honorable Mention – Robert Mulchrone

2025 Voice Scholarship Awards

High School
1st Place – Madeline Hansen
2nd Place – Carter Greeson
Honorable Mention – Lucy Cox
 
Undergraduate/Graduate
1st Place – Natalie Frederich & Sarah McHan
2nd Place – Marissa Alban
Honorable Mention – Hailey Beard

2025 Total Scholarship Awards:: $38,750

You can view the competition rules and required repertoire by scrolling down.
 
Awards for piano scholarships are made possible due to the generosity of the late Elizabeth Abbott Taylor.
 
Awards for instrumental and voice scholarships are due to the generosity of the late Ruth Carter and the late Emily Grigsby.
 
The discrepancy in scholarship amounts between piano and instrumental/vocal scholarships reflects the size of the designated funds. Your donations to the scholarship fund are appreciated and will allow for a more even distribution.
 
As always, to make a general donation, please scroll up to the top of this page then click the “Click here to donate!” button!
 

AUDITION GUIDELINES:

  1. Only Georgia residents or those enrolled in Georgia schools are eligible. A Georgia photo I.D. or a Georgia School ID is required to apply and at a check in on the day of the audition.
  2. A non-refundable $40 fee payable to the Atlanta Music Club is required.
  3. The number of applicants is limited to 60, applications accepted on a first come, first serve basis.
  4. The deadline for receiving applications for the competition is March 15, 2025.
  5. Applicants will receive an email stating their audition slot and check-in time.
  6. Applicants must arrive at their assigned check-in time — otherwise, they may be disqualified. Please note that you will not be able to check-in prior to your scheduled check- in time.
  7. Applicants must provide their own accompaniment. No taped accompaniments are permitted.
  8. Applicants must provide an original score for the judges. No photocopies are permitted.
  9. All performances should be by memory.
  10. The judges reserve the right to stop the applicant at any time at their discretion.
  11. All applicants will be e-mailed judges’ comments in the next few weeks after the competition.
  12. Winners are posted here, and notified via email no later than April 1, 2025.
  13. Judges’ decisions are final. No winner may be declared at judges’ discretion.
  14. Winners may be invited to perform at various Atlanta Music Club events and will be expected to give one performance gratis.
  15. First place winners are not eligible to take part in the future Atlanta Music Club Scholarship competitions in the same age group award (such as 1st place high school piano award, 1st place undergraduate vocal award, etc).
  16. Scholarship money may be used for 2025 summer music camps or festivals or applied to 2025-26 college tuition.
  17. All award money will be sent directly to the school or camp/festival of winner’s choice. The school must be NASM accredited, and the camp/festival has to be approved by AMC’S scholarship committee. We NEVER distribute funds directly to the winners!

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS:

  • Piano – One or two standard works of contrasting styles and different periods.
  • Instrumental – One or two contrasting, standard works of different periods OR a 1st movement of a standard concerto.
  • Vocal – Three pieces of contrasting styles in different languages. For example, an early English or an Italian classic song, a standard art song, and one opera/oratorio aria.