To honor the legacy of June M. Hinckley and her outstanding contributions to music and fine arts education in Florida and nationwide, FMEA awards $1000 scholarships annually to selected students graduating from high school who have participated in a Florida All-State ensemble and intend to major in Music Education at a Florida College or University.
Application Deadline: April 17, 2026
The 2027 application will be available in February.
How to Apply
Application Procedure
Please upload the following files as part of the online application:
An Essay approximately 1200 words and saved as a Microsoft Word or RTF file answering these questions:
Why do you wish to become a music educator
Why should music be available to all students?
Three Letters of Recommendation signed and scanned as PDF files
High-Quality Headshot Photograph such as your senior photo or a similar image.
Applications will be reviewed by a representative committee of teachers, administrators, and music educators convened by FMEA. Notification will be made by May 30. Monies awarded will be distributed to the appropriate college or university once the student is enrolled.
Qualification Requirements
Participated in a Florida All-State Ensemble while in middle or high school
Graduating from High School this Spring
Will be attending a Florida College or University
Intends to major in Music Education
Official Transcript
An official, sealed transcript must be sent to:
FMEA June M. Hinckley Scholarship
402 Office Plaza Dr
Tallahassee FL 32301
Postmark Deadline: April 17, 2026
About June Hinckley
As the arts education specialist for the Florida Department of Education, June Hinckley led the development of the Sunshine State Standards for the Arts, based on the National Arts Standards and adopted by the Florida State Board of Education in 1996. Hinckley assisted schools and school districts with the implementation of the arts standards and connecting the arts with the state accountability and testing program, and served as a liaison among the various K-12 arts education groups, higher education, and community arts organizations. She was a founding organizer of the Arts for a Complete Education project, which has coalesced the various community, industry, and school arts organizations in Florida to cooperatively and proactively work to improve the quality and quantity of arts programs throughout the state. She was chair of the National Consortium for Arts Education Association and represented all the arts on several national committees. She was a member of the writing team that developed the National Standards for Music Education.
June Hinckley served as president of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), which is now known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME), from 1998 to 2000. As MENC President, Hinckley conceived and initiated Vision 2020: The Housewright Symposium on the Future of Music Education, which has been credited with providing a blueprint for music education into the 21st century.
In 1998, Ms. Hinckley was inducted into the FMEA Hall of Fame and received the ACE of Hearts Award from Arts for a Complete Education/Florida Alliance for Arts Education. In 2003, she was designated by MENC as a Lowell Mason Fellow.
