Ian Pollard Organ Scholarship

Description:

The award is designed to support talented undergraduate or postgraduate students of the organ. If the selection panel in their discretion consider no person in a particular year to be a suitable recipient of the benefit under the principal purpose, funds may be provided for a visiting fellow in organ whose work enhances the preservation of performance, training and/or development of organ music at the New Zealand School of Music.

History:

This scholarship was established in 2009, through the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation, from a bequest from the estate of Mr. Ian Pollard to support talented students of the organ enrolled at the New Zealand School of Music.

• Applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
• Applicants must be undergraduate or postgraduate students studying towards a qualification at the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University of Wellington
• Applicants must be students of the organ

Selection criteria:

Applicants must be students of the organ enrolled at the New Zealand School of Music. They must be studying at either postgraduate or undergraduate level. The selection will be based on Academic Merit.