Senior Division: Final Round Scholarship Competition Awards

Festivals vary from year to year, the full list of festivals that PYSO has a partnership with will be sent to the top 12 winners shortly after the final round. The PYSO Operations Manager will contact each contestant starting with the grand prize winner, offering 36 hours for the contestant to select a camp on the list (or a camp of their own choosing). After 36 hours, the Festival Partner List of remaining camps/scholarships will be sent to the second prize winner, and so on until everyone in the top 12 has selected a camp.

Students are responsible for camp admission and the audition process to the camp including all application fees. YMC results have no bearing on any camp’s specific admission process or acceptance into the camp.

If a scholarship is chosen from the Festival Partner List, the accepted finalist will receive a full scholarship to attend the festival or camp.

If the contestant does not wish to attend any of the festivals or camps still available at their time of choice, they may elect to take a monetary award towards another festival or camp of their choice. This award will be directed from PYSO to the festival or camp of the contestant’s choice.

This award will cover half of the total festival tuition, up to $2500 for any festival = chosen outside of the Festival Partner List (This also pertains to choosing a camp on the list that has already had the scholarship claimed by another scholarship winner). Contestants who choose this option must submit documentation of acceptance to their selected festival as well as information about payment deadlines, payment recipient and total cost for their chosen festival. If the contestant does not submit all required documentation to PYSO in a timely manner, PYSO reserves the right to withhold payment to the contestant’s selected festival.

No contestant may attend a partner festival or camp on scholarship more than two times. Contestants who have been offered a scholarship must accept or decline their scholarship within two days of notification of being offered a scholarship.

Festival & Camp Scholarships may only be used for the summer of 2025 and may not be transferred to a later date without the permission of the PYSO Artistic Director.

Festival & Camp Scholarships may not be used for anything other than the Festival or Camp that the student has chosen to attend. The award may not be exchanged for cash prize, nor may it be used for private lessons, college tuition, galas or any other activity not listed.