Choral Conductor Scholarships

The NBCF provides two scholarships for New Brunswick choral conductors to assist them to pursue professioanl development opportunities. 

These scholarships are made possible by a gift to the NBCF by the late Lynn Duncan of Saint John. 

The current scholarships are $300 each and are for professional development opportunities in 2025 and 2026. By the terms of the gift, at least one scholarship must be presented to a rural conductor.

1. A qualified New Brunswick rural conductor is anyone who: 

• Is 19 years of age or older

• Is living or conducting in a rural community or area of New Brunswick

• Possesses at least one of the following qualifications:

  • Has been conducting a choir in a voluntary or professional capacity in a church, school or community for at least two years.

  • Has passed such tests or examinations and has satisfied such conditions as to their qualifications as a choral conductor as is satisfactory to a music school and the NBCF Board of Directors.

  • Has a degree or diploma equivalent to that of a teaching associateship or licentiate from a school of music, conservatory, or university, satisfactory to the NBCF Board of Directors.

2. A qualified New Brunswick conductor, rural or not, is anyone who:

• Is 19 years of age or older 

• Is living or conducting in New Brunswick

• Possesses at least one of the following qualifications:

• Has been conducting a choir in a professional (i.e not voluntary) capacity in a church, school, or community for at least two years. 

• Has passed such tests or examinations and has satisfied such conditions as to their qualifications as a choral conductor as is satisfactory to a music school and the NBCF Board of Directors. 

• Has a degree or diploma equivalent to that of a teaching associateship or licentiate from a school of music, conservatory, or university, satisfactory to the NBCF Board of Directors. 

Applicants should submit two references and a brief proposal, of approximately 200 words, outlining their qualifications and the professional development opportunity that they wish to pursue.
Proposals should be addressed to the NBCF Board of Directors and emailed to info@nbcf.ca