Disciplines/associated instruments
French-language singing

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Critères de sélection

• Competitive, with singing audition
• Be enrolled full-time in a classical singing performance program
• Demonstrate an interest (supporting letter) in the repertoire of French-language singing
• Have an excellent academic record

Deadline
April 20th, 2023 at 13 p.m.

Description of the grant

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site

• Registration form
• Letter of interest for the scholarships
• Transcripts

Registration form

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Piano

Amount
$5,000

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in a graduate-level piano performance program
• Be in a precarious financial position
• Demonstrate outstanding potential as a musician, and be committed to a career in piano

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the piano program head

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Piano

Amount
$1,000 (minimum)

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in a graduate-level piano performance program
• Have an above-average academic record

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the piano program head

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
Aucune

Disciplines/associated instruments
Jazz

Amount
$1,500

Number of grants awarded
2

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate jazz performance or composition program

Deadline
March. Award presented at the last annual concert of the Université de Montréal Big Band (March/April)

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant winners are chosen by the jazz program head

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Opera singing

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Competitive, with singing audition
• Be enrolled full-time for the current year in a classical singing performance program
• Demonstrate an interest (supporting letter) and experience in the field of opera
• Have an excellent university record
• As a priority come from the Maritime provinces, otherwise from anywhere else in Canada
  

Deadline
September 11th, 2024

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site

• Signed registration form
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of interest for the opera by describing experiences in this field
• A copy of the last transcript
• A copy of the birth certificate

Form
2024-2025 competition form

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Type of grant
Piano

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
1

Critères de sélection

• Be enrolled fulltime in a piano performance program
• Be a foreign student
• Be in need of financial support
• Possess an above-average academic record

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; the grant recipient is chosen by the head of piano programs

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Classical performance, composition or musicology

Amount
1 grant of $1,250
8 grant of $1,000

Number of grants awarded
8

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled fulltime in a graduate-level program in classical performance, composition or musicology

Deadline
November 15th, 2024

Procedure for submitting an application
Upload the required documents on the Faculty of Music's website - In the Fonds amis de l'art folder

• Signed registration form
• Curriculum vitae
• A copy of the last transcript

Applications in performance: a recent (less than one year old) 15-minute recording

Applications in composition: a recent (less than one year old) score or recording

Applications in musicology: a short written work of a maximum of 15 typewritten pages, presented as part of the applicant’s studies

AND

Email the letter of recommendation (page 3 of the Form) to the scholarships technician.

Form
Exemple

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Trombone

Amount
$2,000 (minimum)

Number of grants awarded
1

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled fulltime in the Faculty of Music
• Be a newly admitted student in a classical trombone performance program
• Receive final approval from a vice-dean and from the head of wind instrument performance programs

Deadline
October

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; the grant recipient is chosen by Professor David Martin

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Opera singing

Amount
$8,000 (minimum)

Number of grants awarded
1

Selection criteria

• Competitive, with singing audition
• Be enrolled full-time for the current year in a classical singing performance program
• Be an outstanding student
• Have a career plan and a budget associated with the plan

Deadline
December 16 2024

Application Procedure
Please submit the following information and documents:

• Your most recent transcript

• A curriculum vitae containing:

  • List of scholarships, awards, and grants applied for

  • List of scholarships, awards, and grants received

  • List of publications and presentations (scientific and professional)

  • Schedule of upcoming professional engagements or competitions, with a description of the required budget

  • Names and contact information of two references (no recommendation letters required).

• A statement of intent (maximum 500 words) in which you:

  • Highlight your relevant accomplishments in your field of study

  • Explain why you are deserving of this excellence scholarship

  • Describe your experiences directly related to your area of study

  • Mention your notable achievements in other areas (sports, community involvement, etc.)

  • Show how these make you a stronger candidate.

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal (OUM)

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled fulltime in the Faculty of Music
• Have a high-quality academic record
• Excel in performance on an orchestral instrument

Deadline
Late October

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by a jury composed of four Faculty members, including OUM artistic director.

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Guitar and plucked strings

Amount
2 500 $

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Being enrolled full-time in an undergraduate program at the Faculty of Music
• Enrolled in a program focusing on the performance of a plucked string instrument such as classical or jazz guitar, or in a musicology program with a focus on plucked string instruments.

Deadline
Fall

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; the scholarship recipients are chosen by the program coordinator.

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Associated Disciplines/Instruments
This competition is open to all young performers at the collegiate and university levels playing one of the following instruments: flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass.

The competition will take place Saturday, April 26, 2025 (10AM to 5PM ) at the Serge-Garant Hall of the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montréal. The jury will consist of Jean-Michaël Lavoie, Artistic and Musical Director of the NEM, Lorraine Vaillancourt, Honorary Conductor and Founder of the NEM, Julie Sirois-Leclerc, former oboist of the NEM and donor, as well as a musician from the NEM.

There are two components to the NEM Scholarship Fund:

Component 1 - For students enrolled in the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montréal in an interpretation program (all cycles combined)

• 1st prize: $1,500 + the opportunity to perform in concert with the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
• 2nd prize : 1 000 $
• 3rd prize : 500 $

Component 2 - For all young performers wishing to enroll in the Faculty of Music of the Université de Montréal and participate in the Professional Pathway in Contemporary Music

• Scholarship* of $2,000 (applied to tuition fees)

*Based on the applications received; the jury may decide not to award a scholarship following the evaluation of the application files.

Deadline : April 15, 2025, at 5 p.m.

Procedure for submitting an application
To apply for Component 1:

1. Fill out the online registration form by April 15, 2025, at 5 p.m.
2. Prepare a contemporary music work composed after 1960 and lasting no longer than 12 minutes

To apply for Component 2:

1. Fill out the online registration form by April 15, 2025, at 5 p.m.
2. Submit a letter of motivation to join the Professional Curriculum in Contemporary Music offered at the Faculty of Music (see below for details on the curriculum).
3. Prepare a contemporary music work composed after 1960 and lasting no longer than 12 minutes

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Disciplines/associated instruments
Composition

Amount
$12,000

Number of grants awarded
1

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full time in the Faculty of Music’s doctoral program in composition
• Present an outstanding academic record

Deadline
November

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site, in the Perras, Cholette & Cholette folder

Upload in a single file

• A copy of the last transcript
• A description of the research project
A recording of a representative work

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Winds

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled fulltime at the Faculty of Music in one of the undergraduate or graduate classical winds performance programs
• Have been selected to participate in one or another of the large ensembles (classical performance)
• Have demonstrated outstanding qualities as an instrumentalist
• Have an above-average academic record

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the heads of the winds program

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Composition

Amount
$2,000

Nombre de bourses attribuées
1

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled fulltime in a master’s or doctoral program in composition
• Provide a 2-minute excerpt illustrating a composition project of an audiovisual work of roughly 10 minutes written for small instrumental ensemble, medium to advanced level
• Possess an excellent university record

Deadline
March-April

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site, in the Prix Jean-Marie Benoit folder

• The registration form
• A letter presenting a draft plan for the use of funds
• A curriculum vitae
• A copy of the last transcript
• A two-minute excerpt illustrating an approximately 10-minute composition project for an audiovisual work, written for a small instrumental ensemble, of a medium to high degree of difficulty, plus the full score
• Evidence of consent from the rightful owners for the visual works used
• A letter of recommendation from the assigned composition teacher, emailed directly to bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Piano

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure, the laureates are chosen by the piano teaching staff

Amount
Around $2000

Number of grants awarded
1

Selection criteria
Recording of the recital (end of doctorate)

Deadline
Winter

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments

Digital music / Composition and sound creation

Amount

$1,000

Number of grants awarded

1 per year

Selection criteria

Quality of academic and/or artistic work

Deadline

None

Procedure for submitting an application

Students in digital music automatically qualify for consideration. There is no application to submit, and the award is conferred by decision of the teaching staff.

Resource persons

The heads of the digital music programs

Distinctive features

The Marcelle Award is named in honor of Marcelle Deschênes, who founded the Faculty of Music’s electroacoustic composition program in 1980.

Disciplines / associated instruments
Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal (OUM)

Amount
$1,000 (minimum)

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled fulltime in an undergraduate or graduate performance program
• Perform before the concerto competition jury

Deadline
Late October

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site, in the folder Concours de concerto de l’OUM – Prix Peter et Mary Jane White

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instruments
Jazz

Amount
$2,000

Number of grants awarded
3

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full time in the final semester of a bachelor’s in jazz performance
• Have demonstrated outstanding qualities as a musician throughout the academic career
• Have participated in a significant way in the Université de Montréal Big Band  (minimum 4 semesters) and presented a remarkable musical performance destining the candidate for a professional career

Deadline
Spring

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the head of the jazz program

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
All

Amount
$1,000

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Have completed at least one year of study at Université de Montréal
• Be enrolled full-time for the current academic year in a bachelor’s or graduate program
• Have obtained an average of at least 3.7 for the bachelor’s degree and 3.9 at the graduate level
• Not having been a winner of the Faculty of Music excellence grant (funding agreements) in the month of May
• For financial support: demonstrate, using the form, a financial position requiring assistance
  
  

Deadline
October

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site

• The registration form
• A curriculum vitae
• A copy of the last transcript (may be unoffical if it comes from UdeM)
• A letter of recommendation sent directly by e-mail to bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

For financial support, it is also important to add the following two documents:

• The financial declaration form
• A cover letter describing very explicitly the candidate’s financial status (in French)

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Strings

Amount
$2,500 (minimum)

Number of grants awarded
1

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in a cello or viola performance program
• Be an outstanding student

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant winners are chosen by the strings program head
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Winds/Bassoon

Amount
$1,000 (minimum)

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in bassoon in an undergraduate or graduate study program
• Have an excellent academic record
  

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the winds program head
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines / associated instrumentsOpera singing

Amount
$2,500

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in a classical singing performance program
• Have demonstrated outstanding potential in opera singing at an entrance audition for the program
• Be preparing for a professional career in opera singing
• Possess an above-average academic record

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the head of singing programs
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Strings

Amount
$5,000

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate level strings performance program

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the strings program head
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Violin

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full time at the Faculty of Music in a violin performance program
• Have been selected to participate in the Orchestre de l’Université de Montréal during one of the semesters of the year in progress
• Have demonstrated outstanding qualities as an instrumentalist
• Possess an above-average academic record

Deadline
Autumn

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the head of the strings program
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Jazz

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled fulltime in one of the jazz performance or jazz composition programs
• Demonstrate outstanding qualities as an instrumentalist
• Have an above-average academic record
• Have a financial situation requiring assistance

Deadline
Late October

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; grant recipients are chosen by the head of the jazz program
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Musicology or ethnomusicology

Amount
$20, 000

Number of grants awarded
1 Master's scholarship of $8,000 and 1 Doctoral scholarship of $12,000.

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in a Master's or Doctoral program in the fall of 2025 with a research topic in musicology or ethnomusicology related to the following theme: Sound recording: music criticism, analysis, and music appreciation.

• Possess an excellent academic record.

Deadline
March, 1st, 2025

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site, in the folder Claude-Gingras

Master's Program

• Cover letter related to the scholarship
• Curriculum vitae
• Description of the project or field of research in which the candidate wishes to specialize (maximum of 1,000 words)
• Two major academic works completed during previous studies to be submitted for the program with thesis: one written work (history paper, review, program notes, etc.) and one analysis paper (formal, harmonic, electroacoustic, etc.).

Doctoral Program

• Cover letter related to the scholarship
• Curriculum vitae
• Research project outline of 5 pages, including a presentation of the topic and context within the field, as well as a selective bibliography
• Major academic work (submit a copy of the thesis or two directed works completed during the Master's program).

Form
exemple

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Musicology or ethnomusicology

Amount
$10,000

Number of grants awarded
1 master's scholarship of $4,000 and 1 doctoral scholarship of $6,000.

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full-time in the fall of 2025 in a master's or doctoral program with a research topic in musicology or ethnomusicology related to the following theme: Music in Quebec.

Deadline
March, 1st, 2025

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site, in the folder Maryvonne-Kendergi – musicologie

Master's

• Cover letter related to the scholarship
• Curriculum vitae
• Description of the candidate's project or research field they wish to specialize in (maximum of 1000 words)
• Two main academic papers completed during previous studies to be provided for the program with thesis: one written paper (history paper, review, program notes, etc.) and one analysis paper (formal, harmonic, electroacoustic, etc.).

Doctorate

• Cover letter related to the scholarship
• Curriculum vitae
• 5-page research project outline, including a presentation of the topic and context within the field, as well as a selected bibliography
• Main academic work (submit a copy of the thesis or two directed studies completed during the master's).

Form
exemple

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Distinctive features
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
Early music performance

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria

• Be enrolled full time in a graduate program
• Be working on a research or creative research project related to the performance of early music (project related or not to the master’s thesis or Ph.D. thesis)

Deadline
Early winter

Procedure for submitting an application
File the required documents on the Faculty of Music’s upload site, in the folder Fonds de soutien à la recherche en performance de la musique ancienne (étudiants)
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Resource person
None

Disciplines/associated instruments
All

Amount
Variable

Number of grants awarded
Variable

Selection criteria
On request

Deadline
None; at any time

Procedure for submitting an application
No procedure; ask your program head or a vice-dean
http://musique.umontreal.ca/soumission_bourses.html

Contact
bourses@musique.umontreal.ca

Resource person
None