2025 Scholarship Opportunity for Fairfield County Jazz Students!

If you are a high school senior or college freshman living in Fairfield County, enrolled, or enrolling in a music degree program at an institution of higher education, you can apply for the scholarship offered by the Jazz Society of Fairfield County, Inc.

Created to honor the memory of Myron “Micky” Golomb, a well-regarded area saxophonist, educator and habitué of the Jazz Society’s Thursday evening performance presentations, the scholarship is offered to students expressing financial need, dedicated to pursuing a career in jazz performance and/or jazz education. It is open to instrumentalists, vocalists, and composers.

We offer up to $5,000, which may be awarded to a single recipient or split among a few finalists, in the form of tuition paid directly to the educational institution.

Applicants need to provide: 

• a short statement explaining why you are applying for the scholarship, including a description of your musical career goals
• a letter of recommendation from your primary music teacher
• a second letter of recommendation from a non-music teacher, mentor, clergy, etc.
• a parent’s or guardian’s short statement of need (we do not ask for FAFSA) 
• a link to a 3–5-minute audio or video audition or, if a composer, a PDF of a score

The Jazz Society’s mission is to enrich the cultural life of Fairfield County by promoting the performance and appreciation of jazz music.  In addition to the Micky Golomb Scholarship, we present weekly performances at our local VFW Post, featuring world-class musicians.  Through its JazzReach program, funded through donations from our supporters and weekly listeners. JazzFC offers clinics and performance opportunities for student musicians and brings world-class artists into the community to help establish the next generation of jazz enthusiasts and performers.

Inquiries send email to:  mickygolombscholarship@gmail.com

Micky Golomb (1931-2019) was a jazz musician and educator, local to Fairfield County. The fund makes an annual scholarship to a financially challenged young musician who is accepted to a college music program. We started the fund with a memorial concert for Micky that raised over $4000. We occasionally designate a Thursday night as an opportunity to contribute to the fund as well. We will be making our first gift this spring. 

To garner additional support for the fund we recorded and released a live CD featuring Andy Laverne, Jay Anderson, Jason Tiemann, Alex Sipiagin and Greg Wall. The album was recorded at Pearl in Westport, on February 6, 2020 by Alec Head.  A real word class ensemble of musicians!

All proceeds from sales of the CD benefit the scholarship fund in perpetuity.