The Fountain Performing Arts Undergraduate Scholarships are renewable entrance awards from Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of Performing Arts.
They go to students entering a Music major or Theatre (Acting or Costume Studies) straight from high school, who study in person in Halifax, Canada. Music and Acting candidates are judged on their audition, Costume Studies candidates on a portfolio.
Benefits & funding
- C$6,000 a year, C$24,000 over four years; the Theatre awards page lists two such awards in Theatre.
- Renewal needs 24 credit hours over two terms each year and an annual GPA of 3.3 after year one, 3.5 after year two and 3.7 after year three.
Eligibility
- Entering directly from high school into a Music major (BMus, BA in Music, BA Combined Honours) or Theatre’s Acting or Costume Studies program.
- A high-school admission average of at least 87% over the program’s five required courses, or 29 predicted IB Diploma points.
- Dalhousie’s entrance awards are open to domestic and international students.
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Application process
- 1Complete your Dalhousie application with transcripts (C$70 fee). Music: by January 31, 2027 per the Music deadlines page; its award pages say February 9 or 15.
- 2Music: audition in person or by video by March 12, 2027; Composition or Musicology hopefuls add a portfolio by February 15.
- 3Acting: apply by February 15 and audition by the scholarship date (video by February 28).
- 4Costume Studies: email a PDF portfolio (up to 16 pages) to performingarts@dal.ca by March 1.
Program timeline
Music application deadline
January 31, 2027
Acting application; Music portfolios
February 15, 2027
Costume Studies portfolio
March 1, 2027
Last Music audition and video deadline
March 12, 2027
Scholarships announced
Early April 2027