Dakota Karper
Youth Music Scholoraship
Enrollment is open year round for new applicants. Applications are available at the link below, or can be picked up in-person during normal business hours at The Cat and The Fiddle. Students in Grades 3rd-10th are eligble to apply for the first time. Once a student has complete 1 full scholarship round, they are able to re-apply and stay in the program until they reach the age of 18.
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
The Dakota Karper Music Scholarship program is made possible through support from Cacapon Music and Dance Foundation. This scholarship is intended to enrich through music the lives of children and youth in Hampshire County and surrounding. Students applying for a Dakota Karper Music Scholarship for the first time must be in grades 3rd-1oth. Students who have been awarded a Dakota Karper Music Scholarship are eligible to reapply at the end of each 30 week class period and remain in the program until they are 18 years old.
A scholarship winner for this program would receive:
30 weeks of private 1-on-1 classes with a professional music instructor on the instrument of their choosing
12 weeks of group band classes (one per month of the year)
If they do not already have an instrument of their own, they would receive an instrument for their own use that they would be awarded to keep at the end of a successful completion of the program
Performance opportunities in up to 2 student recitals per year
The support of a musical community
Group workshops, field trips and special events
Winners of a Dakota Karper Youth Music Scholarship are expected to:
Attend private music classes once a week held at The Cat and The Fiddle (CAPON BRIDGE, WV), field trips, workshops and group band classes.
Attend/participate in 3 music related events held in the community (Music related events could include: jams, concerts, open mics and recitals)
Practice a minimum of 1 hr 20 mins each week (20 min daily) in order to master the material covered in classes
For questions regarding any part of this program, email: dakotakarper@gmail.com
Applications for this scholarship are accepted year round. Apply Today!