The ASCAP Foundation Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards
Theatre scholarship guide
Applications are currently closed. The most recent deadline on record is December 1, 2025. Check the sponsor website for the next application cycle.
Scholarship details
- Funder
- The ASCAP Foundation (supported by The Herb Alpert Foundation)
- Study level
- Young jazz composers ages 13–30 (any educational level)
- Scholarship type
- Nationwide
- Opens
- Not published
- Deadline
- (Closed)
- Typical award size
- Cash prizes; total pool and individual amounts set annually at Foundation/judges’ discretion (multiple recipients)
- Website
- Learn more
Eligibility criteria
Ages 13–30 (under 30 as of Dec 1 of cycle); U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or enrolled student with valid U.S. student visa; ASCAP writer member, unaffiliated with a PRO, or member of international PRO licensed through ASCAP. Original jazz composition (no arrangements). Previous recipients of 3+ Herb Alpert awards ineligible. Parental consent required if under 18.
Application steps
- Confirm age/PRO eligibility.
- Submit online application with score/chart of one original jazz work written within last three years (if prior Foundation awardee).
- Upload audio/electronic realization of the work.
- Submit by December deadline; recipients announced the following spring.
Required materials
- Online application
- Score/chart of original jazz composition
- Audio recording or electronic realization
- Parental consent if under 18
Overview
Not published
Past recipients
2026 and 2025 recipients announced by ASCAP (e.g. Immanuel Wilkins, Aditi Malhotra, Jahari Stampley, and other emerging jazz composers); funded in part by ASCAP Foundation Bart Howard Fund
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