TALENT-BASED SCHOLARSHIPS. Please, see details below and apply on the main Tosco Music Scholarships page

Applications due every January 15 for the following summer.

Since 2010, Tosco Music has offered youth and adult scholarship to The Swannanoa Gathering in partnership with Warren Wilson College. These scholarships cover tuition, room and board for the week-long immersive summer music programs taught by some of the best instructors in the world. The scholarships cover tuition and room & board. Scholarship winners are responsible for their own transportation to and from Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. Complete class schedules and other information are available online. These scholarships are for participation in The Swannanoa Gathering for any of the following workshops: • Mando/Banjo Week • Fiddle Week • Traditional Song Week • Celtic Week • Old-Time Week • Contemporary Folk Week • Guitar Week

You must commit to the event dates posted, satisfy minimal level of proficiency, sign Liability Release Form and confirm adult chaperone availability if under 16. These scholarships are for students of acoustic music, either instrumental or vocal, who are performing at the intermediate or advanced level.

View past Swannanoa scholarship winners here: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017

Quilt is titled "Gatherings" by Stephanie Wild, Wilds Fabrications