Details of Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary Competition Application 2024/2025
Field of Study;
12 bursaries will be awarded at the 3rd Wakkerstroom Music Festival, with a total value of R160 000. Bursaries will be awarded to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying towards a classical music qualification in one of the following categories: Piano, Strings, Voice, and Wind.
The bursaries will be awarded as follows:
*R25 000 for each first prize student in each category
*R10 000 for each second prize student in each category
*R5 000 for each third prize student in each category
Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary Competition Application Requirements 2024/2025
- South African citizen or South African permanent resident
- Between 17 and 25 years old (on 20 March)
- Studying towards a music qualification in one of the four aforementioned categories
- Minors – must have permission from parents/ guardians to enter
Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary Competition Application Procedures 2024/2025
- ID document (certified copy)
- A recent photograph of the applicant (head and shoulders only)
- Full academic record or proof of registration at school or university (certified copy)
- Curriculum Vitae (explaining your future music career development plans, list of achievements in the past 3 years)
- Reference letter from your music teacher/ professor/ lecturer
- Reference letter from any other musician you know
- Link to 2 recent video recordings by yourself, recorded on YouTube (max 15 minutes)
- Entrance fee proof of payment (banking details can be found on the official “Wakkerstroom Music Festival” website http://wmfestival.co.za/?page_id=442 – in the “WMFBC Adjudication Procedure 2017” document)
- Minors: written permission to enter the competition from parents/ guardians
Closing Date: 17 February
Contact Wakkerstroom Music Festival for more details about the Bursary and also check your status.
Please contact:
Email: competition@wmfestival.co.za
website: http://wmfestival.co.za/?page_id=442