Terms and conditions
Please read these terms thoroughly to make sure you are familiar with them. Recipients’
progress is reviewed at the end of each semester to evaluate compliance with the terms.
By accepting the Chapman Celebrates Music Scholarship (a talent based award), you
are entering into an agreement to represent Chapman University as a performer and
scholar. You are expected to fulfill the terms and conditions listed below for renewal
of the scholarship.
Chapman Celebrates Music Scholarships are available for up to eight semesters for
those who enter as first-year students. Transfer students can receive this award for
up to eight semesters less the number of semesters they have attended at their previous
school(s).
To continue as a recipient of a Chapman Celebrates Music Scholarship, you are required to:
#1: Pass all music core classes with the required minimum grade.
#2: Participate and perform in at least one large ensemble or small ensemble every
semester; assignment to ensemble or ensembles will be made by the Director of the
division overseeing the scholarship; recipient must participate in assigned ensemble/s,
according to the attendance and other policies set by the ensemble director(s). Note
that Vocal Award recipients will be assigned to a specific large choral ensemble.
#3: Enroll in applied private instruction on your primary instrument for every semester
for the number of credits required for your degree and/or as assigned by the area
director.
#4: The following students must enroll in Studio Class each semester (MUS 316):
- All students with awards from Strings, Woodwinds/Brass, Percussion, Guitar, Piano,
Collaborative Piano, and Composition; students with Vocal Awards accepted into the
BM Performance, Vocal Emphasis and BM (Pre-Music Education Certification), Vocal Emphasis.
The following students are not required to enroll in Studio Class each semester:
- Students with Vocal Talent Awards who are: a) in the BA music program, b) pursuing
a minor in music, c) not majoring or minoring in music.
#5: Maintain a Chapman University cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least
3.0.
At the end of each semester, the director of relevant area and the Music Scholarship
Renewal Committee will determine one of the following about your award:
- Your award will be renewed.
- You award will be renewed on probation and you will receive a letter explaining the
probation period for the following academic year (you will receive a letter with details).
- Your award will not be renewed for the following academic year (you will receive a
letter with details).
If you decide to leave the program that awarded the scholarship (switching to a different
music major, or to a non-music major and/or to a music minor), renewal, reduction,
or non-renewal of award is at the discretion of the Director of relevant area and
the Music Scholarship Renewal Committee.
Review these terms carefully and contact us at the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music
if you have any questions about your music talent award. Contact us by phone: (714)
997-6871, or email: music@chapman.edu
