Tara Winds

The Scholarship Fund · Since 1993

$143,000+

33 years of helping Georgia’s young musicians go further: to summer conservatories, and on to college.

Why it matters

The Tara Winds Scholarship Fund was established in 1993 to share the love of music by funding the next generation of it. Since then, more than $143,000 has gone to middle and high school band students, paying for summer music camps and helping graduating seniors head to college to study music.

Recipients are students in grades 7 through 11, and graduating seniors pursuing instrumental music. Each is chosen through an application process and recognized at the Tara Winds Spring Concert.

Summers at

Interlochen · Tanglewood · Encore Band Camp · Music for All

On to

Juilliard · Berklee · USC · Indiana · North Texas · Michigan · Georgia

The 2025 Tara Winds scholarship recipients with their instruments

2025 recipients

This year’s winners.

  • Charlotte Rogers Flute · Buford Middle School Middle School
  • Chasdyn King Trumpet · Pierce County Middle School Middle School
  • Luke Baker Griffies Clarinet · Sequoyah High School High School
  • Ryan Elizabeth Norrell Oboe · Columbus High School High School
  • Declan Johnston Bassoon · Buford High School Graduating Senior

For students

Apply.

Any Georgia band student in grades 7 through 12 is eligible. Recipients are chosen by application with a band-director reference; graduating seniors also submit a college acceptance letter.

Applications for this cycle are closed. Check back in March 2027 for next year’s instructions, or email scholarship@tarawinds.org.

For donors

Give to the fund.

The fund is endowed entirely by donors. Every dollar goes directly to a student.

$500 sends one student in grades 7–11 to a summer music program.

$2,000 funds one graduating senior heading to college for music.

Prefer a check? View the donor letter (opens in a new tab) for mailing details.

With gratitude

2025 donors.

The fund exists because of them.

Conductor's Circle

  • Ed and Marcia Davis

Benefactor

  • Tom Anderson & Cathe' McKinnon
  • Jay and Cathy Asher
  • Claudia Bullington
  • Randy Lauscher
  • Donovan McMurray and Chase Morrison
  • Larry and Martha Lynn Volman
  • Meg Fisher
  • (In Honor of) Teri Taylor

Patron

  • Julia Blake
  • George Blevins
  • Alan Fowler
  • Linda Kirchner
  • Laura Webb

Guarantor

  • Sheila Smith
  • Brendon Gayron
  • (In Honor of) Violet Asher