BIPOC Scholarships

YAA is pleased to announce a new performing arts scholarship fund for black, indigenous, and students of color (BIPOC). 

To correspond with the beginning of his tenure as YAA Board President, Ollen Douglass, and his wife Julia, have made a generous donation to create this scholarship fund specifically for students of color.


Purpose

The purpose of these scholarships is to: 

  1. discover promising and deserving musical talent among students of color in the national capital region and beyond, and

  2. provide financial support for the selected students to train and/or perform during the 2021-2022 Season with one of the region’s finest performing arts programs— Young Artists of America at Strathmore.


Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to apply, students must be:

  • A BIPOC student applying to a YAA program.

  • Living in the United States or a US territory.

**Note that we offer a separate tuition assistance program for new and current students of all races and ethnicities. Please contact info@yaa.org for information.


Deadline: ‪Rolling during the year

Questions can be addressed to info@yaa.org


YAA Young Artists of America (YAA) is a nonprofit youth performing arts program based in the Washington DC metropolitan area. YAA trains some of the region’s most gifted and committed students with year-round classes, performance opportunities, and a month-long summer intensives program. We work with about 500+ students per year and perform for 5,000+ audience members at world-class venues like the Kennedy Center and the Music Center at Strathmore, which is our home stage. 

What makes YAA different from other performing ensembles is that we perform with our own full youth orchestra and collaborate with creatives from Broadway and the classical music industry. We’ve won several local accolades including a regional Emmy award. More information on YAA can be found at ‪YAA.org‬.

 

Susan Herzog memorial AWARD

The Susan Herzog Memorial Award is named after Susan Herzog, who was one of Young Artists of America’s earliest supporters. Upon her passing in 2013, Sue requested that donations be made in her name to YAA.

With this gift, Young Artists of America created fund which will allow for two annual Merit Awards to be given:

  • one to a graduating senior from YAAOrchestra worth $500

  • one to a graduating senior from YAACompany worth $500

award criteria

The criteria for this award are:

  • Must be a graduating senior

  • Does not necessarily need to plan on majoring in music or theatre in college

  • Must have participated in at least two YAA programs in high school

  • Will have shown leadership within a YAA program

  • Will have shown excellent artistic abilities, talent, desire to improve both individually and as an ensemble, and most importantly, have dedication to the collaborative art form

Recipients of these Awards are presented exclusively to current or recent members of the YAAOrchestra and/or YAACompany.

Recipients of the Awards are chosen annually by the YAA faculty.