The Mary & Sheila McGinty Piano Scholarship will be awarded to a graduating high school senior who excels in piano and plans to pursue further study, either in piano performance, music education, music therapy, or another related musical field of study. The student must be a native of Oneida, Herkimer, or Madison County, but may be attending college anywhere.

The 2026 Application is OPEN!

The application is due 11:59 PM June 1, 2026. 

The winner will be notified by July 1, and will be publicly recognized at the 

B Sharp Summer Concert  at Grace Episcopal Church, Utica, NY

Monday, July 6, 2026 @ 6:00 pm

APPLICATION

Please complete the following steps before beginning the application:

1. Obtain the permission and the contact information (email and phone) of a music teacher or another arts-related professional who is willing to be contacted as a reference on your behalf. 

2. Write a brief (400 words or less) written response about your future musical plans that you can copy into this application. 

3. Record a 3-5 minute performance video of two selections from the classical repertoire. The selections must be highly contrasting in style and technique. Do not exceed 5 total minutes of music.  You may upload the video to YouTube, Vimeo, Dropbox, Google Drive, or any other cloud service of your choice and provide the link in this application. 

4. You will need to upload a promotional photograph. A 'head shot' is best, but a photo of you and your instrument, or in performance (if it is close enough) is acceptable.

We are pleased to announce the

 2024 Mary and Sheila McGinty 

Piano Scholarship Winner

Michael Guarneiri

Congratulations, Michael!

We are pleased to announce the

 2023 Mary and Sheila McGinty 

Piano Scholarship Winner

Dominic Fiacco

Congratulations, Dominic!