Key scholarship details
Application status
Not open yet
Applications open
19 Feb 2024
Applications close
31 Mar 2024
Benefit amount
Up to $2,500
Eligible study level
Undergraduate, Honours
Eligible student type
Domestic students
Eligible study stage
Future study
Benefit duration
One-off
Summary
The Jon Delaney Jazz and Improvisation Memorial Bursary is offered to undergraduate domestic students in the Bachelor of Music in the discipline of Jazz and Improvisation who are experiencing disadvantaged circumstances. Preference will be given to students specialising in jazz guitar or double bass.
About the donor
We're very pleased to provide this Bursary in jazz and improvisation for students in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music in loving memory of my son and my brother, Jon Delaney. He passed away from brain cancer in March 2021 aged 44 years.
He was a student at the VCA from 1998 to 2004 graduating with a Master of Music Performance. Apart from his partner and young son, Jon found his life's true love and calling in music and the VCA captured and nurtured his creativity and talent while he was a student and beyond. His first instrument was jazz guitar, specialising in gypsy jazz composition and improvisation and later on, he mastered the double bass.
Jon was very well recognised in the Melbourne jazz scene and also performed regularly at interstate (especially in Brisbane) and overseas jazz festivals (especially in France, Belgium and the Netherlands) and he really looked forward to these annual trips to Europe for jazz and improvisation lessons from world renowned gypsy jazz teachers and fellow performers.
Jon's commitment to, and great talent in, music were unwavering and he successfully achieved the AMEB Grade 8 on double bass after 4 surgeries, radiation therapy and whilst on his fourth round of chemotherapy and just 4 months before his passing.
So, we are pleased to support you and hope you will have the commitment and enjoy the beautiful career in jazz and improvisation that Jon did. Congratulations on receiving this Memorial Bursary. We hope to be able to observe your progress during the Faculty's concert program.
Bernie Delaney and Amanda Delaney
Benefits
This bursary provides a one-off payment of $2500.
Amount:
Up to $2,500
Duration:
One-off
Quantity:
4
Eligibility and selection criteria
Eligibility
To be considered for this bursary, you must:
- Be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Be a Jazz & Improvisation student enrolled in the Bachelor of Music
- Be in financial need
Selection criteria
Preference is given to students of jazz guitar or double bass
Study level:
Undergraduate, Honours
Student type:
Domestic students
Study stage type:
Future study
Study area:
Music, visual and performing arts
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When will I know the outcome?
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