The Friends of Brad Memorial Foundation will award three scholarships in 2012 to high school seniors who plan to further their education in music. Two of the scholarships will support students from the Iron Range and one will be awarded to a Two Harbors High School student.
THE AWARDS
Two (one-time) scholarships of $300 and $500 will be awarded to Iron Range students. One (one-time) scholarship of $300 will be awarded to a Two Harbors High School student (because our annual fundraiser, BradFest, occurs in Two Harbors). Since Brad Rozman attended Virginia High School (VHS), we will guarantee that one of the two Iron Range scholarships will be awarded to a VHS student.
WHO CAN APPLY
Graduating high school seniors on Minnesota’s Iron Range or attending Two Harbors High School who plan to actively pursue musical endeavors while attending college.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
- Student must be a graduating high school senior residing on the Iron Range or attending Two Harbors High School at the time of the application.
- Applicants must be prepared to attend college full-time at an accredited institution with an established music program. Preference will be given to students majoring in music, especially music performance or composition. Non-music majors who are active in musical endeavors such as performing in an ensemble, band or choir are also eligible.
- Applicants cannot be related to any of the Friends of Brad trustees or board members.
PREFERENCE WILL BE GIVE TO APPLICATIONS THAT:
- Illustrate the applicant’s creativity and passion for music
- Demonstrate the applicant’s personality, especially with humor and playfulness
- Embody the Friends of Brad Memorial Foundation’s mission and goals.
*Consideration may also be given to a student’s academic performance and financial need.
HOW TO APPLY
1) COMPLETE AND SUBMIT the online Friends of Brad Memorial Foundation Scholarship Application.
2) SEND AN E-MAIL to scholarship@friendsofbrad.org with the following attachments:
- A current high school transcript (if an official electronic version is not available, please provide a scanned, legible copy)
- An essay describing your aspirations as a musician, and more broadly, as a human being. Tell us what role music has played in your life so far, and what role you see it playing in your adult life. Please limit the essay to 1 page.
*Applications may also include the following optional materials:
- A brief, e-mail recommendation from a teacher or someone other than a family member or fellow student. (Letters of recommendation should be emailed to the Friends of Brad scholarship committee directly from the recommender.)
- A video or audio recording that showcases the applicant’s musical talent (10 minutes maximum duration). An excerpt of a longer work, CD/DVD, or concert is fine. The preferred submission method is via YouTube (send us a link to your video). Alternatively, video or audio files (larger than 3 MB) should be posted to a server for the scholarship adjudication committee to download, or sent using YouSendIt.com or a similar file sharing service. If online submission is for some reason not feasible, please contact us by email (scholarship@friendsofbrad.org) explaining the situation, and we’ll attempt to accommodate your submission via alternate means.
THE DEADLINE for all application materials to be received is Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
- Complete applications must be received by midnight (CST) on the deadline date.
- Applications received after the deadline are ineligible and will not be reviewed.
- You will receive an e-mail confirmation once your application is received.
THE FRIENDS OF BRAD MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
The Friends of Brad Memorial Foundation is a nonprofit organization made up of a group of family and close friends who mourn Bradley Edward Rozman’s tragic and untimely death in 2009. The Foundation honors his memory through programs that encourage young Minnesota musicians.
Brad Rozman lived for music. He discovered a love for drumming at a young age and pursued this passion with vigor for the rest of his life. In the early days, he formed garage bands with his musician friends and led the drum line in the Virginia (MN) High School marching band. After high school, he went on to study percussion performance at St. Cloud State University and the University of Illinois-Urbana. When he returned to Minnesota from graduate school, Brad became involved in many music-making endeavors in the Duluth area, most notably as the drummer for the bands High Volt Rustler and Equal Exchange.