Current Music Students Resources
Performances & Events
The UCCS Music Program hosts frequent events at the Ent Center for the Arts and elsewhere on campus, including our popular Peak FreQuency series, Music Program First Fridays events, student recitals, ensemble performances, creative EcoSono performances and collaborations, and more. See our schedule of upcoming events below!
Private Lessons
Please click here for more information on the program and to register for private lessons.
Music Program Scholarship Opportunities
Please contact Dr. Colin McAllister for deadlines and details.
UCCS Honors Scholarship
Individual honors scholarships are based on the quality of musicianship and level of repertoire in the audition. Awardees are given a scholarship in amounts from $1000-$2000 for the year. Auditions are in early fall.
Officer Garrett Swasey Memorial Scholarship
The Officer Garrett Swasey Memorial Scholarship is offered to undergraduate students in their junior or senior year who have declared majors in the fields of music and/or criminal justice or to graduate students pursuing a Master of Criminal Justice degree. Three awards will be offered for the academic year. To qualify, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and demonstrate financial need by submitting the FAFSA by March 1.
Tidal Breeze Jazz Arts Endowed Scholarship
The Tidal Breeze Jazz Arts Endowed Scholarship provides scholarships to students at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs pursuing a Bachelor of Innovation Music (“BI Music”) degree. Students must demonstrate financial need by submitting the FAFSA. Preference will be given to students who are focusing on technology and science coursework, in addition to the BI Music, and/or students with financial need. March 1 deadline for applications.