Music Awards

There are usually sixty Music scholars in the School at any one time.  Winchester offers two types of music awards.

Music Scholarships give some remission of school fees and include free tuition on up to two instruments and singing (when this tuition is given by members of the School music staff).

Music Exhibitions offer free tuition on one or more specified instruments. The Master of Music can give advice about all aspects of Music awards and is pleased to see potential candidates at any time after they are eleven years of age. Awards are also available for sixth-form entrants.

Music awards are given entirely on the basis of musical merit, and applicants seeking any additional financial assistance are encouraged to apply for a bursary by contacting Mrs C P Hann in the Bursary.

The Headmaster reserves the right to allocate holders of Music Awards to any boarding House in the School, but will of course take account of parental preference. Anyone who additionally wins an academic scholarship will go into College, but will benefit financially only to the extent of the more valuable of the two scholarships.

How to apply for a Music Award

Completed entry forms must be returned by the beginning of December in the year preceding entry. Tests are held in the first week of February and candidates must take either the academic scholarship exam (Election) or the Entrance Exam in May. Candidates should be under fourteen years of age on 1 September following the examination.

It is also advisable to apply for a place in a boarding house (unless the candidate has no preference about boarding houses and/or would not come to Winchester without a music award).

Entry forms and further advice about Music awards may be obtained from:
The Master of Music,
Winchester College Music School,
Culver Road,
Winchester S023 9JF
01962 621122;
fax 01962 621123

You are warmly encouraged to get in touch if you are interested.