Applied Music Courses

Applied music lessons in voice, orchestral instruments, piano, and organ are available to any student regardless of major. Performance organizations and classes are open to all students with consent of the instructor. All individual lessons must be taken with applied music faculty of the Chapman Conservatory of Music and must be taken for credit (no audit allowed). Students enrolled in applied private instruction should not be studying the same performance area concurrently with another teacher.

All students enrolled in applied music lessons are encouraged to enroll concurrently in the appropriate section of MUS 116/316 Master Class, ½ credit. Students pursuing degrees in performance, vocal, and instrumental emphasis, and those in music education are required to do so.

Students taking applied music lessons are required to take jury examinations at the end of each semester, regardless of their major. All music majors must pass a piano proficiency examination prior to the junior year. All or part of the four-credit piano requirement may be waived depending on demonstrated piano proficiency.

Student recitals are presented under the auspices of the Conservatory of Music with the permission of the appropriate applied music faculty member and the Dean. Student recitals are presented only by those currently enrolled for private applied music instruction with appropriate Chapman applied music faculty.

All music majors are required to participate in at least one major ensemble each semester while in full-time residence.