Wakkerstroom Music Festival l Bursary Competition 2025/2026
The Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary Competition Application for 2025/2026. Find below How to Apply for Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary 2025/2026.
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About the Wakkerstroom Music Festival: The Wakkerstroom Music Festival is an NPO (Non-Profit Organisation) and a Public Benefit Organisation, whose aim it is to promote awareness of Visual and Performing Arts within rural communities, as well as to raise funds for their Bursary Competition which is held bi-annually.
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Details of Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary Competition Application 2025/2026
Field of Study;
12 bursaries will be awarded at the 3rd Wakkerstroom Music Festival, with a total value of R160 000. Bursaries will be awarded to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying towards a classical music qualification in one of the following categories: Piano, Strings, Voice, and Wind.
The bursaries will be awarded as follows:
*R25 000 for each first prize student in each category
*R10 000 for each second prize student in each category
*R5 000 for each third prize student in each category
Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary Competition Application Requirements 2025/2026
- South African citizen or South African permanent resident
- Between 17 and 25 years old (on 20 March)
- Studying towards a music qualification in one of the four aforementioned categories
- Minors – must have permission from parents/ guardians to enter
Wakkerstroom Music Festival Bursary Competition Application Procedures 2025/2026
- ID document (certified copy)
- A recent photograph of the applicant (head and shoulders only)
- Full academic record or proof of registration at school or university (certified copy)
- Curriculum Vitae (explaining your future music career development plans, list of achievements in the past 3 years)
- Reference letter from your music teacher/ professor/ lecturer
- Reference letter from any other musician you know
- Link to 2 recent video recordings by yourself, recorded on YouTube (max 15 minutes)
- Entrance fee proof of payment (banking details can be found on the official “Wakkerstroom Music Festival” website http://wmfestival.co.za/?page_id=442 – in the “WMFBC Adjudication Procedure 2017” document)
- Minors: written permission to enter the competition from parents/ guardians
Closing Date: 17 February
Contact Wakkerstroom Music Festival for more details about the Bursary and also check your status.
Please contact:
Email: competition@wmfestival.co.za
website: http://wmfestival.co.za/?page_id=442
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