Welcome to the Brian May Scholarship website.

The Brian May Scholarship provides financial assistance to promising Australian film composers to study film scoring at a world leading education facility.

The Brian May Scholarship is administered by the Trustees of the Brian May Trust.

• The Trustees are pleased to announce that the Brian May Scholarship 2020-2022 has been awarded to Louis Stevens from Melbourne.
• The Trustees thank all applicants.  Both the Trustees and the NYU Steinhardt Faculty were impressed with the very high quality of all candidates.

The Trustees of the Brian May Trust have determined that the Brian May Scholarship will be offered for the –2020 – 2022 academic years for a two year Master of Music in Composition – Scoring for Film and Multimedia Degree at NYU Steinhardt. For information about the graduate course, please go to https://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/composition/scoring/masters.

If you wish to be added to our mailing list, please email your details to kkerr@belllegal.com.au

A selection of Brian May’s and the Brian May Scholarship winner’s music is available for you to listen and enjoy online.

The music of Brian May
The music of Anton Koch (2003-2004 Awardee)
The music of Geoffrey Russell (2005-2006 Awardee)

We have compiled a list of useful links for intending applicants. This is not a comprehensive list and the Trustees do not regularly monitor these links for changes, but you may find them useful when preparing your Brian May Scholarship application. View resource links here.