GMEF has continued to provide scholarships for summer music camps and college tuition. It is one of the few organizations of its type in the United States.
All Gaston County students in grades 9 through 12 are invited to participate in an audition that determines scholarship winners each year.
The scholarship winners are awarded a session of music camp at either:
For 12th-graders who plan to major in music, scholarship awards are applied to tuition at the college of their choice.
The scholarships allow students to pursue personal and professional goals.
Memorial Scholarships
available for college
- $4,000 Hinda Honigman and $3,000 Edith Kersh College Scholarships
- Katie Helen Friday Cloninger Piano College Scholarship
- Lillian Atkins Michael/Ruth Day Michael Dickson/ Bennie Joe Michael Howe Orchestral String College Scholarship (violin, viola, cello, double bass)
Memorial Scholarships for Camps
- Martha Kendrick (Cannon Music Camp)
- Dina Jo Hanna and Margaret McArver (UNC-Greensboro Music Camp)
Memorial Scholarship (Floating)
- Marie Lattimore Torrence Scholarship