2026 Summer Music Study Scholarship Recipients

Student/Age/Instrument/Teacher                                                Scholarship

Eliana Gritter – 18 – Piano – Sally Sansbury                                                 $1,500
From Music Go Round                                                                                   $250
From CEOMTA – Graduating Senior Tuition Assistance Award                     $1,250

Eliana is planning to study piano performance this fall, hopefully at Denison University.

Lena Weinberg – 12 – Piano – Nina Polonsky                                              $1,200
From Hilliard Community Music School                                                          $200
From CEOMTA                                                                                               $1,000

This summer, Lena will be attending the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Piano Academy.

Alison Zigler – 16 – Piano – Katherine Bede                                              $1,000
From Columbus Chapter, Piano Technicians Guild                                     $200
From CEOMTA                                                                                            $800

This summer, Alison will be attending the Oberlin Young Composers Workshop.

Thanks again to our generous donors:
Hilliard Community School of Music $200
Loft Violin $150
Music Go Round $250
Piano Technicians Guild $200
Solich Piano $250

 

2026 Summer Music Study Scholarships

Deadline for Submissions

Midnight – April 19, 2026

Summer Music Study Scholarships are now ESSAY ONLY.  The performance and sight-reading portions were eliminated in 2025.

NEW FOR 2026
The Application Form is on-line only.  Click HERE for the 2026 Application Form.

Supporting Documents – the Essays and Two (2) Letters of Recommendation – must be submitted via email to the Chairman/Registrar:  Debra Mattera – ANote234@aol.com

Applications and Supporting Documents not sent as outlined above will NOT be accepted.

Click HERE for 2026 Teacher-Student Information.

Click HERE for 2026 Application Information.

Click HERE for 2026 Letters of Recommendation and Essay Guidelines.

General Information

The goal of the Summer Music Study Scholarship is to broaden the students’ exposure to music through something outside the regular routine. Scholarships are open to students of any instrument, including voice, and may be used to pay for a music camp, master class, workshops, institute, special lessons, or coaching, separate from study with the teacher of current enrollment (the scholarship award should not benefit the current teacher of study or relatives of the student’s teacher). 

Eligibility

1. Scholarships are open to students of Central East District OhioMTA members as well as nonmembers; however, students and teachers are required to reside within the Central East District.
2. Scholarships are open to students of any instrument, including voice. However, applicants must have studied in the performance medium of the audition with their current teacher for at least six (6) months of the nine (9) months immediately preceding application deadline.  
3. A teacher may enter up to three applications. 
4. Scholarship awards may not financially benefit the student’s teacher or relatives of the student’s teacher.

 

Fees

Member Application Fee: $25 per applicant
Non-member Application Fee: $40 per applicant

Groups

Students will be judged based on their years of study and only competing with students of the same level of study.

Group A: 1-2 Years of Study

Group B: 3-6 Years of Study

Group C: 7 or more Years of Study

Group D: Graduating Senior Tuition Assistance Award for music majors.  Group D is only for applicants who will be music majors in the fall. Applicants will be competing with students of the same level of study but will also be eligible for the tuition reimbursement scholarship so please be sure to mark your application with both Group D and the Group matching their years of study. Ex: If a student in Group D does not earn the Graduation Senior Tuition Assistance Award, they will then be eligible for a scholarship in their Years of Study Group.

Scholarship Awards

Scholarships are sponsored by both local businesses and the CEOhioMTA and range from $200 to the $1000 Graduating Senior Tuition Assistance Award.

Award Notification 

1. Notification of the results will be e-mailed to the teacher seven (7) to ten (10) days after the submission deadline. 
2. Award money must be used during the summer of the year in which it is awarded and cannot be deferred to the fall or to another year. The only exception is the Graduating Senior Tuition Assistance Award)
3. Winners must contact the registrar, by e-mail, prior to July 1st regarding the direction of funds. Be sure to include CEOMTA Scholarships – Student Name in the regarding/subject line of all communications to help ensure they are easily recognized. 
4. Payment of awards will be made directly to the institution sponsoring the camp, workshop, etc. 
5. Just a reminder – Scholarship awards may not financially benefit the student’s teacher or relatives of the student’s teacher.

Honors Recital – Date TBD

1. All Scholarship recipients are expected to perform in the Honors Recital.
2. Students in Group A may use their music. Groups B-D will be required to perform by memory. 
3. Teachers – it is your responsibility to register students for this recital by contacting the Chairperson of the Student Recitals Committee. THIS WILL NOT BE DONE BY THE SCHOLARSHIP CHARMEN.  Go to https://www.ceomta.org/student-events/student-solo-ensemble-recitals for more information.

Teachers only should address all questions to:
Debra Mattera, Chair, Registrar
CEOMTA Summer Music Study Scholarship
4710 Elliott Road, Hilliard OH 43026
(614) 571-3322
ANote234@aol.com

Cynthia Adams, Co-Chair
(614) 327-1395
CAdamsPiano@iCloud.com

 

Updated 5/5/26