PMEA District 1 Scholarship
The Scholarship Committee has developed the following criteria for awarding three music scholarships to students in our district. Each award will be $500.00.
1. The recipient must have definite plans for a career in music
    education or music-related field.
2. Three scholarships will be awarded each year; one in strings, one
    in wind/percussion and one in vocal music.
3. The award will be based on music achievement and academic
    excellence.
4. An applicant must currently be a senior in a District 1 High School
    and a participant in the current District 1 Festival. A student’s
    placement in the festival is not a factor in granting the award.
5. Two recommendations must accompany each application. One
    recommendation must be written by the student’s home school
    Music Director PMEA member, and one must be written from any
    of the following: private music teacher, high school teacher in
    any discipline, guidance counselor, church music director, or high
    school principal.
6. The student must include with the application and
    recommendations, the following: a) a high school transcript, b) an
    essay on why music education/music is important, why the
    student wants to pursue a career in music, and future ambitions
    and goals upon graduating from high school and college.
7. Completed applications must be mailed to the Scholarship
    Committee Chair by April 1, 2008 to:
                  Lee Rickard, PMEA District 1 VP
                  Pine-Richland High School
                  700 Warrendale Road
                  Gibsonia, PA 15044
8. The award recipients for the District 1 Scholarships will be
    announced at the recipients’ spring concert. A PMEA officer will
    present the award.
9. Applications will be available in the fall newsletter and at Honors
    and District 1 SHS Festivals.
10. The committee reserves the right to give no award in any area
     where applicants are not deemed qualified.