The Music Performance Trust Fund is excited to once again provide the Music Family Scholarships and the Music’s Future Scholarships. 

Music Family Scholarships of $1,000 will be awarded to 75 individual recipients.  This category is open to the members in good standing of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) and their children who will attend a college or trade school in the fall of 2026, pursuing any field of study. 

Music’s Future Scholarships are open to all music students, with no union affiliations required.  A total of 30 recipients will receive $2,500 toward their music degrees as they pursue careers in education, performance, therapy and conducting.  

Both scholarships require personal essays in response to particular writing prompts that change annually. Applicants’ essays are scored on the originality of their answers, not on a broad analysis of the topic being explored and will be screened for an over-reliance on AI writing tools beyond spelling and grammar. 

For more information and application forms, visit: www.musicpf.org/home/scholarships