SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION 

The Dakota Karper Music Scholarship program is made possible through support from Cacapon Music and Dance Foundation. This scholarship is intended to enrich through music the lives of children and youth in Hampshire County and surrounding. Students applying for a Dakota Karper Music Scholarship for the first time must be in grades 3rd-1oth. Students who have been awarded a Dakota Karper Music Scholarship are eligible to reapply at the end of each 30 week class period and remain in the program until they are 18 years old. 

A scholarship winner for this program would receive: 

• 30 weeks of private 1-on-1 classes with a professional music instructor on the instrument of their choosing

• 12 weeks of group band classes (one per month of the year)

• If they do not already have an instrument of their own, they would receive an instrument for their own use that they would be awarded to keep at the end of a successful completion of the program

• Performance opportunities in up to 2 student recitals per year

• The support of a musical community 

• Group workshops, field trips and special events

Winners of a Dakota Karper Youth Music Scholarship are expected to: 

• Attend private music classes once a week held at The Cat and The Fiddle (CAPON BRIDGE, WV), field trips, workshops and group band classes. 

• Attend/participate in 3 music related events held in the community (Music related events could include: jams, concerts, open mics and recitals)

• Practice a minimum of 1 hr 20 mins each week (20 min daily) in order to master the material covered in classes

For questions regarding any part of this program, email: dakotakarper@gmail.com 

Applications for this scholarship are accepted year round. Apply today!