{"id":1248,"date":"2019-09-09T23:49:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T03:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/?page_id=1248"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T18:50:19","slug":"gcmta-music-educationpedagogy-medped-major-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/student-activities\/gcmta-music-educationpedagogy-medped-major-scholarships","title":{"rendered":"MED\/PED Major Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"

GCMTA Music Education\/Pedagogy (MED\/PED) Major Scholarships<\/h1>\n

Since GCMTA defines its purposes as \u201ct<\/span>he advancement of music education\u201d<\/span><\/i> and \u201ct<\/span>o facilitate the education of music teachers,<\/span><\/i>\u201d we have established a scholarship in the amount of $500.00. Eligible applicants will be high school seniors who will pursue a Bachelor of Music Education or Pedagogy.

Printable application can be found here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Online application for MED\/PED MAJOR SCHOLARSHIP<\/a><\/>\n\n

APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS:<\/b><\/p>\n\n

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  1. Applicant must be a high school senior who has been accepted as a music major in education or pedagogy and is entering that particular program in the upcoming year. The higher education institution must have the ability to graduate students with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in music education or pedagogy. Verification of acceptance to the accredited music education school must be submitted with the application.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Applicant must be the student and\/or child of a GCMTA teacher in good standing for the current year. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Applicant must have participated in at least one GCMTA adjudicated performance event in the previous twelve months (i.e. Auditions, Music Day, Federated Festival), and must submit a copy of the adjudicator\u2019s comment sheet to the MED\/PED Scholarship Committee.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
  4. Applicant must submit the URL of an online video with applicant performing any repertoire on his\/her chosen instrument not to exceed 10 minutes.\u00a0 Memorization is not required.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
  5. Applicant must complete and submit the MED\/PED Scholarship application to the Chair by the deadline of May 1.<\/li>\n
  6. Applicant must submit an essay of 350 words or fewer describing why music education or pedagogy is an important career path to pursue.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Applicant must provide the name and email address of his\/her music teacher who is willing to write a recommendation for the applicant.\u00a0 He\/she will be contacted to submit a recommendation for the applicant.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    GCMTA Music Education\/Pedagogy (MED\/PED) Major Scholarships Since GCMTA defines its purposes as \u201cthe advancement of music education\u201d and \u201cto facilitate the education of music teachers,\u201d we have established a scholarship in the amount of $500.00. Eligible applicants will be high school seniors who will pursue a Bachelor of Music Education or Pedagogy. Printable application can … Continue reading MED\/PED Major Scholarships<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2260,"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions\/2260"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gcmta.org\/home\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}