Music 4 Life, Blues 4 the Soul

Will Witten Scholarship

Maxwell’s House of Music is proud to announce that the Max Music Well, the 501(c)(3)
affiliated with the organization, has been selected as a recipient of the Music 4 Life, Blues 4 the Soul Will Witten Scholarship. The $20,000 scholarship, awarded by the San Antonio-based organization, will provide a full year of music lessons and instruments to 10 deserving students at Maxwell’s House of Music.

The scholarship honors the memory of Will Witten, the late husband and veteran of the
organization's founder, Kat Witten. Through this generous award, Maxwell’s House of Music will be able to serve students from veteran families and those facing financial or other barriers that make music education difficult to access.

The structure of this scholarship reflects the values it honors: commitment, growth, and reward. Each scholarship recipient will receive one full year of music lessons through Maxwell’s House of Music’s education department, along with an instrument that corresponds to their chosen lesson type (guitar, bass, keyboards, or drums). Students who complete the full year of instruction will be allowed to keep their instruments.

“This scholarship allows us to honor Will’s memory and dedication to this country by celebrating his passion for music,” said Kat Witten, founder of Music 4 Life, Blues 4 the Soul. “Music has the power to heal, inspire, and bring communities together — values that Will embodied throughout his service and his life.”

Mark Maxwell, owner of Maxwell’s House of Music expressed his gratitude for the partnership, “We’re dedicated to our community, in fact our motto is ‘we create musicians’. This scholarship amplifies that mission for this community.”

Applications for the 2025-26 cohort are now closed. Applications for the 2026-27 cohort will open on the Maxwell’s House of Music website in the summer of 2026, funding permitting.