Chicago · Est. 1931
Education, artistry,
and Hellenic
heritage.
For more than ninety years the Greek Women’s University Club has backed Greek-American students with scholarships — and since 1989, young musicians with a national stage.
36th
National music competition
$100,000+
Awarded in scholarships
Since the club's first award in 1935.
95
Years fostering education and the arts
Founded in Chicago in 1931.
36
National music competitions
Held since 1989, awarding more than $76,000 in prizes.
2026 National Music Competition
The only competition of its kind
in the United States.
Open to young men and women of Greek descent aged 20 to 29. Two selections, eight to ten minutes, judged live at Alice Millar Chapel — and $1,000 to the winner(s).
- Date
- Saturday, April 25, 2026
- Time
- 11:00 a.m.
- Venue
- Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston Campus
- Application deadline
- March 21, 2026
- Award
- $1,000 to the winner(s)
Academic scholarships
Since 1935, putting Greek-American women through school.
The club endows the Greek Women's University Club Academic Scholarship for Greek women who are full-time undergraduate students with at least sophomore standing, or full-time graduate students.
The club awarded its first scholarship in 1935, toward a first year of tuition at the University of Chicago. More than $100,000 has followed.
thirty-fifth competition
The 2025 winners
Five young Greek-American musicians performed for judges and guests at Alice Millar Chapel, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
Andre Plackis
cello · Greek Women's University Club Award
Sofia Vasileiadou
soprano · Kanellos Family Award
Anastasia Karnezis
coloratura soprano · Landis-Seid Award
Emelia Panagiota Aceto
soprano · Landis-Seid Award
Sarah Petropoulos
trombone · Landis-Seid Award
“I feel honored and blessed to have been chosen for this scholarship. It gives me great confidence as I go forward knowing that I am part of a community, the Greek American community, that values education and looks to encourage and support students as they pursue their dreams.”
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Your donation funds scholarships for Greek-American students and the cultural programmes that keep Hellenic heritage alive in Chicago.