SCHOLARSHIP AUDITIONS

GRADUATING SENIOR & SUMMER CAMP

REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL AUDITIONS

Please refer to Rules Applicable to All OMTA Auditions listed in the current OMTA Audition Guidelines, Rules and Entry Forms/Theory Guidelines/Constitution and Bylaws. Teacher of participant must have been a TAMTA member since June 30, 2025. A transcript must accompany all applications.

GRADUATING SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP

PURPOSE

Give scholarships to graduating seniors. Scholarships may be combined for a total of $1,500 per student at the discretion of the judges.

AWARDS

Lucille Weston Gourley

(piano)

TAMTA – Memorial (piano)

In memory of Cynthia Briscoe

Rosemary Huff Scholarship

(piano or voice)

Laven Sowell Instrumental Award

(piano, string, or other instrument)

Laven Sowell Vocal Award

(must be a declared music major)

TAMTA String Scholarship

$1,200

$800

$600

$700

$1,200

$800

REPERTOIRE REQUIREMENTS

Pianists must perform three pieces from memory composed during each of the following periods:

Baroque
Classical – a sonata, 1st or 3rd movement
One Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary Period composition.

Orchestral Instrumentalists must perform three memorized selections:

One movement from a Baroque sonata, suite, or partita
One movement from a concerto
One Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary Period composition

*Note: Concerto movement must be from a different period than other compositions.

Vocalists must perform three memorized selections:

Classical Italian art song sung in its original language
French or German art song sung in its original language or in English
American or English song (meaning the language and the country) by a contemporary composer.

*Note: No operatic arias may be used.

APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS

Participants must be graduating seniors in 2026 and have a GPA (cumulative grade point average) of 2.5. Participant’s teacher must have been a TAMTA member since June 30, 2025. Student must take private lessons in college on the instrument on which they auditioned in order to receive the scholarship. A high school transcript must accompany the application for scholarship.

SUMMER CAMP SCHOLARSHIP

PURPOSE

Give a scholarship (not to exceed $350) to attend a summer music camp to a high school student who has completed grades 9, 10, or 11.

REQUIREMENTS

Perform three memorized pieces from different periods (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic or Contemporary). Must have a 2.5 grade point average. Participant’s teacher must have been a TAMTA member since June 30, 2025. A Transcript must accompany the application for scholarship. A previous winner is not eligible to compete again.

EVENT DETAILS

Audition Date: April 11, 2026

Location: University of Tulsa, Lorton Performance Center

For application, click here.

Chair: Jo Dee Edwards

ttowngirl54@yahoo.com

ENTRY FEES

$30 - Graduating Senior Scholarship

$30 - Summer Cam Scholarship

*No entry fee will be accepted without a transcript.

Postmark Entry Deadline:

March 13, 2026

Mail entries along with one check (made out to TAMTA) to:

Jo Dee Edwards

8712 E 87 Pl

Tulsa, Ok 74133

Participant's teacher must have been a TAMTA member since June 30, 2025.

All repertoire is subject to approval.