Fellowships & Scholarships

Fellowship Assistant Award

Mostly Modern Festival offers Fellowship Assistant Awards to instrumentalists, conductors, and composers. This award covers tuition, room, and board. A facility fee of $595 is required. The Fellowship Assistant Award entails participating in the festival for all three weeks, assisting with various tasks 8-12 hours a week, and performing in one family-centric concert in addition to the rest of the festival concert series.

Scholarship Assistant Award

Mostly Modern Festival offers numerous Scholarship Assistant Awards. These are non-paid, work-study positions that offset tuition costs. Awards range from $500 up to $3,500. Scholarship Assistant Awards are only available to participants who attend all three weeks. We offer a variety of positions in the music office, operations, merchandise table, box office, and promotion. Applicants must check the appropriate fields with relative experience and qualifications within the Acceptd application. You will be required to work 10-16 hours per week if offered a scholarship assistant award.

Examples of Scholarship Assistant Award Positions:

  • Music Office/Operations
  • Library/Production/Stage
  • Merchandise Sales
  • Box Office/Front of House
  • Social Media/Promotion

Performance Scholarship (Composers & Conductors)

Composers and conductors who are also high caliber instrumentalists may apply for a Performance Scholarship. This is an instrumental work-study position, where your scholarship duties are fulfilled by performing in the Mostly Modern Orchestra. These applications are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Resident Advisor

Festival applicants may apply for the Resident Advisor position when completing their application on Acceptd. The Resident Advisor (RA) must be over 21 years old and demonstrate previous experience as an RA. Letters of reference may be requested, and a Zoom or in-person interview will occur. The RA position will receive a Fellowship Assistant Award.

Important Notes

Interest in fellowships and scholarships must be selected during the application process when applying via Acceptd.

Performers interested in taking composition lessons will need to apply as composers and be accepted into the composition program.

Please note that we cannot preemptively offer a scholarship or assistantship or let you know whether you will receive financial aid before you apply. You must apply via Acceptd and pay the application fee in order for us to evaluate your application.