Scholarships and Aid

• Fund For Access awards are determined on a sliding scale.
• Awards supplement payments made for tuition. 
• The balance of the tuition may be paid in up to eight installments for those who qualify.

Submitted applications must include a completed registration form and supporting financial documentation.

Applications are accepted after the deadline on a rolling basis.  For priority consideration prior to start of the academic year, all materials must be received by deadline.

To submit your application, e-mail it to hcdbills@hartford.edu.

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Fund for Access to help ensure that all may participate in our programs, regardless of financial limitations.

We are grateful for support for the Fund For Access from generous individual donors.

Questions? Call us at 860.768.4451 or email us at harttcomm@hartford.edu.

• Beatrice Sewall Scholarship is awarded to the highest ranking student at the audition.
• The Guitar and Harp Senior Award is given to the highest ranking senior at the audition.

• Musical Club of Hartford – Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship I, will be awarded for the best performance by a pianist in grades 9-11 at the Piano Honors Auditions.
• Musical Club of Hartford – Evelyn Bonar Storrs Scholarship II, will be awarded for the second best performance by a pianist in grades 9-11 at the Piano Honors Auditions.
• Dr. Watson Morrison Scholarship, awarded for the best performance by a pianist in grades 6-8 at the Piano Honors Auditions.
• Jeffrey Quinn Morrison Prize, is awarded for the best performance by a pianist in grade 12 at the Piano Honors Auditions

• Junior String Honors: John Jorgensen Memorial Award, awarded to a serious cello student.  In absence, the award may be given to a qualified string student.
• Senior String Honors: Abraham M. Huang Memorial Award, a scholarship awarded for the best performance in the Senior String Honors Audition. The student may not be a graduating senior.
• Senior Award: a non-monetary award given to the most-deserving graduating senior in the honors audition.

• Students chosen to participate in the honors program may be considered for the Bel Canto Scholarship. This award is given to a talented vocalist with special interest in opera, or another qualified student.
• Other awards may be available at the discretion of the department chair through the Nancy Andersen Vocal Activities Fund.

• Beatrice Sewall Scholarship is awarded to the highest ranking student at the audition.
• The Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion Senior Award is given to the highest ranking senior at the audition.