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Apply for a SAMRO music bursary
Application for SAMRO music bursaries are now open to citizens of South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland. Applicants should be registered for a music degree/ diploma at a South African University in 2015.
Applications will only be accepted once students have proof of registration for 2015.
The following bursaries are on offer:
- General Music Study: Western Art / Jazz / African Indigenous Music genres (R10,000 each) available to students in their 2nd years.
- Music Education OR Community Music Study (R10,000 each) available to students majoring in one of these specialised courses in their 3rd and 4th years.
- Music Technology (R10,000 each) available to students majoring in music technology in their 3rd and 4th years.
- Performance Study: Western Art / Jazz / African Indigenous Music genres (R10,000 each) available to students majoring in performance study in their 3rd and 4th years.
- Composition Study (R10,000 each) available to students majoring in music composition in their 3rd, 4th and postgraduate years.
- Indigenous African Music Research (R10,000 each) for postgraduate research students at Honours, Masters or Doctoral level.
Only online applications are being accepted; the closing date is Monday, 2 March 2015.
For more information, contact Naseema Yusuf via email samrofoundation@samro.org.za or call 011 712 8417.
