The Rotary Club of Downers Grove will award music scholarships this spring to high school seniors.

Each year since 2009 the Rotary Club presents checks to deserving senior music students who live in Downers Grove or the Community High School District 99 attendance area. Awards this year will include a grand award of at least $4,000 plus several additional cash awards.

Applications are due March 17 and include a short video audition. Selected finalists will be interviewed on April 12. The scholarship winners will be announced in May.

Online applications can be accessed and completed online at bit.ly/FormMusicRotary. For questions about the application, email musicscholarship@rotarygrovefest.com or call/text Dave Humphreys at 630-968-5526.

These music scholarships are funded by proceeds from the annual Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest held each June in downtown Downers Grove, and the annual Thanksgiving Day Grove Express 5K.

The qualifications to apply for this scholarship are:

• Be a graduating senior attending a public, private, parochial or home school.
• Reside in Downers Grove or the Community High School District 99 attendance area.
• Plan to pursue a post-secondary education program.
• Have participated in high school curricular music activities and/or extracurricular music activities. 
• Composers and/or arrangers qualify for this scholarship. 
• Pursuit of an undergraduate music major or minor is not required.

Financial need is not a criterion for selection.