Scholarships
Each year The Tamburitzans award scholarships to undergraduate students who perform with the ensemble. These are funded by donations to our endowment funds and through various fundraisers throughout the performance season.
Create your own named-endowed scholarship
The Tamburitzans have a wonderful community of supporters from alumni to family-members of performers and lovers of folk arts who want to support our students. Many of these supporters have created their own named-endowed scholarship fund. If you would like to create your own named-endowed scholarship, contact Alyssa Bushunow at (412) 224-2071 or email info@thetamburitzans.org.
Students who attend Pittsburgh-based Universities
In 2016, The Tamburitzans began to welcome student performers from universities throughout the city of Pittsburgh. In 2023, The Tamburitzans announced a new scholarship award for these students. The General Scholarship Fund is for our current student performers attending Pittsburgh-based Universities.
General Scholarship Fund (for Non-Duquesne Students)
- David & Melanie Kolar Endowed Scholarship
- Frank & Betty Bozicevic Memorial Fund
- John D. Gornick Memorial Scholarship
- Michael A. Milinovich Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Michele Pierce Endowed Scholarship
- Posavatz Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Slovak Heritage Association of San Diego Scholarship Program
- Zrna Family Memorial Scholarship Fund
- Tamburitzans Alumni, Friends, and Family General Fund
Students who attend Duquesne University
Over 8 decades ago passionate and prominent individuals created an Endowed Scholarship Fund for the Tamburitzans at Duquesne University. That fund now boasts over six million dollars which provides over $200,000 in scholarship annually to our Duquesne University Tamburitzan students.
Duquesne University Tamburitzan Endowments
- American-Croatian Waukegan Tamburitzans
- Oscar Appel Memorial Scholarship
- Rita Marie Kelly Memorial Endowed Scholarship
- Joseph & Laurie Bilich Scholarship
- Josip Anton & Anna Clara Bilich Scholarship
- Walter W Kolar Endowed Scholarship
- Nicholas & Marie Krell Scholarship
- Tamburitzans Legacy Scholarship
- Andrew S Buleza Scholarship
- Charles R Cubelic Memorial Scholarship
- Dr Anthony T & Catherine M Dren Scholarship
- Danjanic-Dren Families Scholarship
- Tamburitzans Alumni Endowed Scholarship
- Duquesne Alumni Club of New Jersey Scholarship
- Frank & Ann Elsner Endowed Scholarship
- Masha & Mihal Tamburitzans Endowed Scholarship
- Father Eugene Fulton Endowed Scholarship
- Barbara Karlovich Endowed Scholarship
- Nick 'Tillie' Klaich Scholarship
- Machaskee Family Endowed Scholarship
- Steve Kovacev Scholarship
- George C Miller Scholarship
- Slovak Heritage Association of San Diego, Inc
- Walter & Marisa Smith Endowed Scholarship
- Robert R & Mary Tamsen Scholarship
- Dr Norman R & Geraldine M Turchan Scholarship
- Martha J Woss Scholarship
- DUTIFA Endowed Scholarship
- Norma Juick Vance Scholarship
- Violet J. Ruparcich Endowed Scholarship
- Popovich & Jurenovich Families Endowed Scholarship
- Rosa Kohl Charles Endowed Scholarship
- Edgar Dunn Memorial Scholarship
- Emily Janowski Endowed Scholarship
- Marie Culjak McGucken Endowed Scholarship
- Lester A. Pierce Founders Award
- Paul & Helen Rukavina Scholarship
- Friends of the Tamburitzans Endowed Scholarship
- Tamburitzans Dancers Resource Fund
- Tamburitzans Musicians Resource Fund
The Tamburitzans is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions to the Tamburitzans are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.