Te Rewa o Puanga Commercial Music Scholarship

You will be enrolling in the first year of the Bachelor of Commercial Music in the year following the scholarship application.

Applicants must be:

• a New Zealand citizen or New Zealand resident.
• intending to enrol full time (minimum of 105 credits) in each year of the Bachelor of Commercial Music.
• intending to study on the Massey University Wellington campus.

Applicants applying for the Māori scholarship should be of Māori heritage; applicants applying for the Pacific scholarship should be of Pacific heritage. Applicants may be considered for up to all three scholarships, as applicable.

All Bachelor of Commercial Music applicants must attend an audition (Music Practice) or consultation (Music Industry, Music Technology) as part of the admission requirements for entry into the degree.

Application checklist

Include the following with your application:

• transcripts for your secondary school results to date. If you are studying NCEA please attach your School results Summary from the NZQA website at https://secure.nzqa.govt.nz/for-learners/records/login.do
• a digital portfolio of creative work which provides an opportunity to demonstrate your creative potential and commitment. We are looking for creative brilliance in your chosen field of interest. It can be a song, a recording, a video, a game, a website, animation, or anything else that represents your creativity—there are no limits. We are especially interested in creative works that are culturally significant to you.
  • All submissions should be delivered as PDF documents. Links in the PDF to social media or other content host platforms can be used if they are public and dedicated to your artistic practice (Instagram, TikTok, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Vimeo, YouTube, itch.io, Artstation, etc). Large supplementary digital content files (videos, music files, game executables, etc) may be provided as links to file sharing sites (Dropbox, Mega, Google Drive, etc).
• a one-page written statement consisting of two elements. 250 words discussing what this scholarship would mean to you in your studies, and 250 words exploring the topic for your intended major:
  • for students majoring in Music Practice: How does the music you make, perform, compose, or produce relate to your community? How does this reflect on yourself as a musician and how would you like to evolve/further this as part of your study?
  • for students majoring in Music Technology: How does the music technology that you use shape the way you make, perform, and think about music? How does this technology shape who gets to make music? As a music technologist, what would you like to see change in the future?
  • for students majoring in Music Industry: How do you perceive your current role in the music industry? With our music industry constantly changing and responding to the wider world, how would you like the industry to evolve in the future, and what do you see your role in this change?

When choosing our applicants we will look for academic excellence and evidence of leadership and creative potential.

The Selection Committee at their discretion may decide to hold interviews in cases where applicants are short-listed. A scholarship may be awarded without interviews. Applicants will be contacted if an interview is requested. Applicants may choose to invite a teacher, someone in the community, or whānau for support if they wish.