Overview

The API Visionary Scholarship program is offered by Automated Processes Incorporated in order to encourage further education in the professional audio arts. API believes that academic excellence in sound training can be facilitated by using high quality analog equipment in the audio lab. Use of such equipment will not only enhance the learning experience but produce graduates with an enhanced understanding of the advantages of analog audio in today's music production environments. Scholarships are worth up to $2,000 each.

Eligibility

Applicants must be accepted and enrolled at any of the following higher education facilities that have a primary recording studio featuring an API Vision, API 1608, or API Legacy Plus console:

American University, Washington DC

Berklee College of Music, Boston MA

Box Hill Institute, Melbourne Australia

California State University, Chico CA

Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences, Tempe AZ

Daytona State College, Daytona Beach FL

Evergreen State College, Olympia WA

Hochschule Für Musik, Nürnberg, Germany

Instituto de Musica Contemporanea, Quito, Ecuador

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), Murfreesboro TN

Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music, Hollywood CA

New England School of Communications, Bangor ME

New York University, Clive Davis School of Recording at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York NY

Pacific Audio Visual Institute, Vancouver BC, Canada

Peabody Conservatory/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD

State University of New York, Purchase NY

University of Massachusetts, Lowell MA

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

Valencia College, Orlando FL

To Apply

Applicants will write an essay (300 words) on the application and strength of analog audio for producing recordings. Applicants are encouraged to supply a recording that he or she has been personally involved in recording or producing. Applications will be available online, and the application deadline is April 1 of each year. Scholarships are announced June 30.

Download the application form (PDF).