Merit Brass at Pakachoag offers scholarships for qualifying high-school students who play a brass instrument.
Students will be selected based on ability and musicianship.
Trumpet students interested in taking lessons at Pakachoag are invited to audition for a school-year Merit Brass Lesson Scholarship. Students selected for the Merit Brass Lesson Scholarship program will also receive a full scholarship for the Merit Brass Ensemble.
Or, students opting into just the Ensemble, without lessons, will qualify for 50% Ensemble Merit Scholarship.
Scholarship amounts and pre-requisites are outlined below.
Trombone, French Horn and low brass students are encouraged to audition for the Merit Brass Ensemble. If selected, you’ll receive a 50% merit scholarship off the regular ensemble tuition fee.
Scholarship amounts and pre-requisites are outlined below.
Qualifying students who complete a successful audition and wish to take trumpet lessons with Pakachoag Music School will receive either a…
We encourage a minimum 45 minute lesson when possible.
Qualifying students who do not take lessons at Pakachoag, but wish to participate in the Merit Brass Ensemble will receive a 50% discount off the school year ensemble tuition – a $277 scholarship for the school year.
Trumpet students accepted into the Merit Lesson Program will receive full tuition scholarship for the ensemble – an additional $554 scholarship for the school year.
Open Rate Ensemble Tuition is $185 per 8 week session. Three sessions are scheduled during the school year, running September to June.
Please contact the school for an audition application. The application should be submitted with a non-refundable $40 audition fee. For students accepted for the Merit Brass Program, the audition fee will be applied against the school year registration fee for students accepted for the program.
Students accepted with merit scholarships, for lessons and/or ensemble, are required to:
Students will be expected to come prepared for the weekly lesson and ensemble rehearsals. More than 4 absences during the course of the year; and/or more than 4 unprepared lessons, in the absence of special circumstances, may result in withdrawal of scholarship.