About the scholarship

We offer full and partial scholarships aimed at promoting and fostering opportunities for musicians to be involved in music making and to encourage attendance at future camps.

Scholarship recipients will have their attendance at the upcoming camp either fully or partially subsidised.

Applications are not audition/performance-based. They are awarded to applicants that most closely align to the priorities of the scholarship. At a glance, this is typically if you are school-aged, are in a youth orchestra (or equivalent), are studying music at tertiary level, or if you have not been to WSMC or have not received a scholarship before. More info below.

Scholarships for the 2026 camp are CLOSED

Scholarships for the 2026 camp have now been awarded.
Information for the 2027 camp will be published here mid 2026.
You can see the full list of priorities and rules of the scholarship here.

Previous scholarship recipients

2025 scholarship recipients
  • Aspen Grant  (Bassoon) - Auckland | Tāmaki Makaurau
  • Charlotte Cotton (Violin) - Manawatū-Whanganui​
  • Ellen Walters (Cello) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Isa Vawter - (Violin) - Marlborough | Te Tauihu o te Waka
  • Jenny Petegem Thach (Violin) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Joseph Kelly (Trumpet) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Karuna Yang (Flute) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Meredith Williams - Wellington | Te Whanganui a Tara
  • Nick Sheen (Violin) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Nikhil Rawat (Tuba) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Rhiannon Thomas (Violin) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Savarna Yang (Violin) - Otago | Ōtākou
2024 scholarship recipients
  • Callum Fotheringham (Oboe) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Zoe Li (Cello) - Wellington | Te Whanganui a Tara
  • Emily Fotheringham (Flute) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Chloe Geidelsberg (Bassoon) - Wellington | Te Whanganui a Tara
  • James Hurley (Bassoon) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Eunsong Kim (Trombone) - Canterbury | Waitaha
  • Rhiannon Thomas (Violin) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Abby Wheeler (Violin) - Canterbury | Waitaha
  • Savarna Yang (Violin) - Otago | Ōtākou
  • Joanne Hedges (Violin) - Canterbury | Waitaha
  • Charlotte Cotton (Violin) - Manawatū-Whanganui
2023 scholarship recipients
  • Charlotte Cotton (Violin) | Canterbury
  • Elizabeth Vawter (Violin) | Nelson
  • Merlin Callister (Cello) | Wellington
  • Ruby Bennett (Cello) | Manawatu
  • Rhiannon Thomas (Violin) | Otago
  • Gemma Pickering (Trumpet) | Otago
  • Benjamin Pickering (Trombone) | Otago