Each year, Young Musicians Foundation awards over $40,000 to 40 young musicians, ages 9-25, selected during four days of countywide auditions. As private music instruction continues to become more and more expensive, YMF is one of the few places to which talented young musicians can apply for financial assistance. Scholarships are available to instrumentalists through their senior year in high school, and to vocalists through age 25.

Students from as far north as Santa Barbara and as far south as San Diego auditioned for these esteemed awards. Panels of eminent professional musicians adjudicated the auditions and submitted their recommendations to YMF. Scholarships ranging from $250 to $3500 were granted to musicians demonstrating outstanding talent and financial need.

Locate the application in YMF's download section by clicking here.

If the above link does not work, please email info@ymf.org or call 310.859.7668 for an application.

Sunday June 1: vocalists & ASCAP Foundation Leiber & Stoller Scholarship Finals
Saturday June 7: woodwinds & brass
Tuesday June 10: piano
Wednesday June 11: piano
Saturday June 14: strings

All applicants must demonstrate exceptional talent and financial need, and must be residents of Southern California. Instrumentalists & pianists may apply thru the completion of their Senior year of high school. Vocalists must be between the ages of 12 - 26. If applicant is not a U.S. citizen and is under age 18, applicant's parents MUST live in the state of California.

YMF is proud to offer numerous special awards to select groups of students.



The YMF/ASCAP Leiber & Stoller Scholarship
Awarding one graduating high school senior with a $10,000 scholarship to college. For students enrolling as music majors at a major university or conservatory.

The YMF/ASCAP Livingston & Evans Scholarship
Awards one wind player with a $2500 scholarship to be used for private lessons.



The YMF/Ottman Scholarship Fund for Diversity
Awards ten graduates of the YMF Mentor Artists Program with scholarships for private lessons. Recipients all hail from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Additionally, all recipients perform in the YMF Youth Orchestra, which gives two free performances each year.

Shelley Ackerman | Flute | The YMF/Pat Boone Scholarship + The YMF/Yamaha Cares Scholarship
Caleb Barnes | Voice | The YMF/Omega Medina Vocal Scholarship
Katelyn Benedict | French Horn | The YMF/Carl Reiner Honorary Scholarship
Erika Binsley | French Horn | The YMF/ASCAP Foundation Evans & Livingston Music Scholarship
Tim Callobre | Guitar | The YMF/Griffin Memorial Scholarship
Jeremiah Campbell | Cello | The YMF/ASCAP Foundation Leiber & Stoller Music Scholarship
Priscilla Chan | Piano | The YMF/Allen Music Scholarship
Matthew Chen | Cello | The YMF/Gregor Piatigorsky Memorial Cello Scholarship
Myrna Chen | Piano | The YMF/Judy & Mort Lindsey Scholarship in Memory of Merv Griffin
Emerald Chiang | Piano | The YMF/Schiff Piano Scholarship
Michael Clausen | French Horn | The YMF/Griffin Memorial Scholarship + The YMF/Stephen A. Hope Memorial Scholarship
Enrique Conde | Clarinet | The YMF/Ackerberg Scholarship In Memory of Norman Ackerberg + The YMF/Goldring Scholarship In Memory of Edwin & Vera Goldring
Douglas DeVries | Flute | The YMF/Resnick Foundation Scholarship
Eleanor Dunbar | Violin | The YMF/Samantha & John Williams Violin Scholarship + The YMF/Rugolo Scholarship
Marley Eder | Flute | The YMF/Gail & Gerald Oppenheimer Scholarship
Rachel Flowers | Flute | The YMF/Marshall Family Scholarship
Laura Ha | Violin | The YMF/Em Green Scholarship In Memory of Elizabeth Garceau
Ken Hamao | Violin | The YMF/Susan Jeffries Scholarship In Memory of Merv Griffin
Jerry Joo | Cello | The YMF/Ackerberg Scholarship In Memory of Norman Ackerberg
Esther Kang | Violin | The YMF/Ackerberg Scholarship In Memory of Norman Ackerberg
Ki Ok Kang | Piano | The YMF/Dawber Piano Scholarship In Memory of Bill Turner
Christy Kim | Flute | The YMF/Marshall Family Scholarship
Nicholas King | Piano | The YMF/Karl & Mona Malden Piano Scholarship In Memory of Aube Tzerko
Connie Kim-Sheng | Piano | The YMF/Shibley Boyes Piano Scholarship
Miclen LaiPang | Violin | The YMF/Ackerberg Scholarship In Memory of Norman Ackerberg
Anne Lee | Violin | The YMF/Altman Violin Scholarship
Jennifer Liu | Violin | The YMF/Swedlow Family Scholarship
Tiffany Lu | Piano | The YMF/Abell Memorial Piano Scholarship
James MacDougall | Piano | The YMF/Wang Piano Scholarship In Memory of Lily Tan Wang
Alin Melik-Adamyan | Piano | The YMF/Chalek Scholarship + The YMF/Ackerberg Scholarship In Memory of Norman Ackerberg
Doori Na | Violin | The YMF/Rose Family Trust Violin Scholarship
Micah Nakajima | Violin | The YMF/Em Green Scholarship In Memory of Elizabeth Garceau
Jocelyn Pan | Viola | The YMF/Em Green Scholarship In Memory of Elizabeth Garceau
Alice Park | Piano | The YMF/Hyland Piano Scholarship
Jason Perez | Tuba | The YMF/Stephen A. Hope Memorial Scholarship
Neal Rea | Oboe | The YMF/Marie Lawver Sucher Memorial Oboe Scholarship
Tara Smith | Voice | The YMF/Gladys Turk Foundation Scholarship + The YMF/Resnick Foundation Scholarship
Daria Somers | Voice | The YMF/Swedlow Family Scholarship
Kei Sugiyama | Violin | The YMF/Stratton Violin Scholarship
Ben-Han Sung | Piano | The YMF/Virgina LeRoy Memorial Scholarship
Chiai Tajima | Violin | The YMF/Em Green Scholarship In Memory of Elizabeth Garceau
Clinton Thompson | Flute | The YMF/Wang Piano Scholarship In Memory of Lily Tan Wang
Wesley Tiu | Piano | The YMF Piano Scholarship
Vijay Venkatesh | Piano | The YMF/Bette Cox Music Scholarship + The YMF/Singer Family Piano Scholarship
Joshua Villanueva | Piano | The YMF/Allen Music Scholarship
Richard Weeden | Violin | The YMF/Henry LeRoy Memorial Violin Scholarship + The YMF/Kaufman Violin Scholarship
Kalil Wilson | Voice | The YMF/Gladys Turk Foundation Scholarship
Stephanie Yu | Violin | The YMF/Merv Griffin Memorial Scholarship
Chris Zhang | Piano | The YMF/Judy & Mort Lindsey Scholarship in Memory of Merv Griffin