Music Entrance Scholarships and Awards

The Music Department offers performance-based, full tuition scholarships to two outstanding candidates each year. Several other generous entrance awards are also available.

Scholarship application

If you are interested in applying for our Entrance Scholarship, please complete the scholarship application form. Please submit all application documentation via email, to performingarts@douglascollege.ca. Use the subject title ““Music Entrance Awards, <applicant name>” in all related emails that you send.

In order to be considered for a music entrance scholarship or award, all general and program-specific admission criteria must be complete before the awards application deadline. Specifically, eligible applicants will have completed an audition, been placed in MUSC 1110 after taking the Level 2 Music Theory Assessment, and be placed in MUSC 1115 after taking the Aural Skills Assessment. 

Music Scholarship Application Fall 2025

Visit Douglas College Scholarships page to learn more about scholarship information.

 

Supporting documents

For high school transcripts, please note that for award consideration, your interim transcripts must be emailed separately to the Music Department. This will be in addition to transcripts you are being asked for by the Admissions Office.  For the purposes of the Music Department, you can request that your school counsellor email unofficial transcripts, or you may email scans of your own copies if you have them. PDF files are preferred. 

Please ask your reference to email their letter of support to performingarts@douglascollege.ca, with “Music Entrance Awards, <applicant name>” as the subject title. 

2024-25 Winners

Fall 2024 Entrance Award

  • Ricko Lee
  • Joe Porter

Henry Waack Music Scholarship

  • Aidan Evans
  • Olivia Morgan
  • Joe Porter

Douglas College Music Award of Distinction (DCMAD)

  • Molly Ballinger (Peterkin award)
  • Calista Lawrence (Hoshina award)
  • Kai Opper (Whitely award)
  • Ash Turner
  • Sesame Wong (Keefer award)
  • Ching Man Yan (Robertson award)

 Silverman Music Award of Distinction

  • Ricko Lee

Amanda Todd Legacy Music Therapy Award of Distinction

  • An Nyx-Dubhadh

Chestnut Music Theory and History Scholarship

  •  Joe Porter

Lance Ryan Vocal Achievement Award of Distinction

  • Michael Cheng
  • Abril Diaz García 

Music Student Achievement Award of Distinction 

  • Cordell Anker
  • Trevor Cuff
  • Patrick Dodsworth
  • Diego Gutierrez
  • Jonathan Wiebe

In order to be considered for a music entrance scholarship or award, all general and program-specific admission criteria must be complete.

Submission deadline

Submit your Fall 2025 scholarship application with all supporting documentation by 4:00pm on Monday 12 May 2025.