The Frost School of Music is strengthening its relationship with the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation and sponsoring a $120,000 scholarship with the Latin music charitable and education group. The four-year Frost School of Music Scholarship will go towards tuition and wrap-around services for a student with financial limitations and a passion for Latin music, entering the Frost School in the fall of 2025.
The partnership between the Frost School and the Foundation is a testament to their shared mission to shape the future of music and transform lives. The Frost School scholarship marks the first time that the Foundation has given an award for a specific school other than the Berklee College of Music. The Frost School scholarship is one of just three Gifted Tuition Scholarships, the second largest of the Miami-based Foundation’s 44 education awards. It significantly expands the Frost School’s growing affiliation with the Foundation, the music education and community outreach non-profit created by the Miami-based Latin Recording Academy, which produces the annual Latin GRAMMY Awards.
“We are extraordinarily happy to be partnering with the Frost School of Music,” said Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation executive director Raquel “Rocky” Egusquiza, a University of Miami alumna raised in the city. “It is very rewarding to see the school making an investment in future Latin music creators, which helps preserve our heritage and culture. We are excited to bring more talented students with a passion for Latin music to our community and to the Frost School of Music.”
Applications for the scholarship, which requires a letter of acceptance from the Frost School, are accepted here from December 20, 2024, to April 10, 2025. The lucky recipients will be announced in August 2025. The Foundation has awarded 427 scholarships worth over $10 million in the last decade.
The scholarship also expands the Frost School’s growing relationship with the Latin music world and the Latin music industry, much of which is based in Miami.
“Having grown up here, it has been incredible to see the growth of the university and the investments it has made in Miami and our Hispanic community,” Egusquiza said. “This partnership with the Frost School is an evolution of our partnership with Miami-Dade County.”
Last August, the Frost School hosted the Foundation’s tenth-anniversary celebration at the Knight Center for Music Innovation, during which the Foundation announced its 2024 scholarship recipients. The event, sponsored by longtime Miami-based multicultural event, entertainment, and marketing company Loud and Live, drew a host of notable figures from the Latin community and music industry.
In November, Frost School students, faculty, and alumni joined the celebration as the Latin GRAMMY Awards returned to Miami, where they were created, for their 25th edition on November 14. Eight Frost School students played with flamenco star Nina Pastori at the Latin GRAMMY Person of the Year (POTY) Gala honoring beloved Colombian pop icon Carlos Vives, which drew Latin music stars, executives, and media in an elite celebration of Latin music and culture. The students were recruited by Frost School alumnus Danny Flores, the Gala’s music supervisor, aided by his former teacher, Frost School professor Reynaldo Sanchez. The Frost School’s participation was prominently credited at the Gala and noted in the entertainment industry bible Variety.
Additionally, Frost School professor Carlos Rivera, chair of the Frost School’s Media Production and Scoring Program; and alumni Lee Levin, one of the music industry’s most in-demand drummers; and Jorge Mejia, a pianist and music publishing executive, performed at Los Producers, an elite Latin GRAMMY event raising funds for The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
