Tag: Scholarship

The Detroit Musicians Fund is pleased to announce it will offer its 2026 scholarship, to a talented student of classical music. This will be the 8th year of an alternating system, accepting applications from college students performing in classical music. The 2026 DMF Scholarship Competition will be open to students of classical music.

The DMF will once again offer its annual music scholarship award in the amount of $2,000.00

The DMF Scholarship will be awarded to a deserving instrumental music major (either performance or education), who is studying full-time or has been accepted at a college, university or conservatory, and is either a Michigan resident, or a graduate from a Michigan high school. All interested instrumental classical music students are welcomed
and encouraged to apply by the deadline below.

The Detroit Musicians Fund is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation, founded by the Detroit Federation of Musicians (AFM Local 5), for the purpose of assisting union musicians in dire need and providing scholarships to college music students. Donations to the Detroit Musicians Fund are tax-exempt to the extent allowable by law.

Interested classical music students should contact the DMF for more information, and an application form. The application deadline is November 27, 2026; the winner will be announced in December 2026.

(Application form linked below)

Contact:
Carl Cafagna
Treasurer, Detroit Musicians Fund
sec-tres@detroitmusicians.net
20833 Southfield Rd,
Southfield, MI 48075
(248)569-5400 Ext 3