WHAT:
The Texas Music Coalition (TMC) is currently accepting submissions for the 2009 Jack Skiles Music Scholarship.

WHEN:
Application deadline: Friday, June 12, 2009

DETAILS:
The Jack Skiles Music Scholarship continues the legacy of Jack Skiles, a noted musician and member of TMC, who fostered the growth of local community music, and is open to all South Texas residents currently enrolled in music classes on a high school (including home school), technical college, junior college, or university level, such as:

   * Music composition
   * Music education
   * Music/sound engineering
   * Music journalism
   * Music management
   * Music performance (vocal or instrumental)
   * Music production
   * Music theory
   * Music therapy
   * Entertainment law

This year, the scholarship will give the winning student a Grand Prize of $500 to further their studies; the second-place student will receive $250 toward their studies.  Both students, and one or more runners-up, will also receive a complimentary one-year membership in TMC.

FOR MORE INFO:
Please visit TMC’s website, www.texasmusiccoalition.org, or contact Scholarship Chair Nikki Young at 210.822.3552 or scholarship@texasmusiccoalition.org.