Please consider a donation to the Music Department
We really appreciate your interest and support, which is essential to continuing the level of quality that we seek to achieve. Most of the contributions we receive go toward purchasing new equipment and especially for supplementing scholarship awards. We have many deserving students and would like to be able to assist them as much as possible.
To make an online donation now, please utilize the links below or go to Cal Poly's Giving page. Under "Area" choose "College of Liberal Arts." Under "Dept/Program" please type in Music. If you would like your donation to go toward something besides the discretionary account, add any of the fund names listed below (Scholarships, Awards and Additional Funds).
Does your employer support matching gifts? For more information on Employer Matching Gifts, contact the University Advancement office at (805)756-2713.
Thank you for your support!
| Scholarship Name | Scholarship Intent |
|---|---|
| M and H Bender Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Greg and Jane Hind Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Janet Lee Memorial Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Astrid and Craig Russell Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Vard & Mildred P. Shepard Memorial Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Clifton Elroy and Pauline Thompson Swanson Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Carolyn and Larry Voss Music Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Music Faculty Scholarships | for students active in the music program |
| Alice Parks Nelson Scholarship | for students studying piano |
| Cal Poly Band Scholarship | for students in the band program |
| Collegians Jazz Scholarship | for students studying jazz |
| Russell Cummings Engineering Music Minor Scholarship | for College of Engineering majors minoring in music |
| Martha Michel Music Scholarship | for students studying wind, brass or percussion |
| Ann and Gordon Getty Scholarship | for students in the orchestra & chamber music programs |
| Barbara M Jones Music Scholarship | for students in choral program |
| Lowe Family/Mustang Band Scholarship | for students in marching band |
| Lucian Morrison Scholarship | for students studying to be public school instrumental teachers |
| Virginia Polin Vocal Scholarship | for students studying voice |
| Harold P and Rosalie Davidson Memorial Music Scholarship | for students studying music |
| String Music Scholarship Endowment | for student string performers active in the orchestra and/or chamber ensembles |
| Vocal Studies Scholarship | for students studying voice |
| Ken Watson Scholarship Endowment | for students demonstrating outstanding musical talent |
| Ralph E and Florence B Welles Scholarship | for students studying music |
| Ralph Wilmar Piano Scholarship | for students studying piano |
| Award Name | Award Intent |
|---|---|
| George Clarke Beatie Memorial Award | for students preparing for field of music education |
| Harold P and Rosalie Davidson Award | for students active in the music program |
| Janet Lee Memorial Award | given to a male and female member of the choral program |
| Moon Ja Minn and Paul T Suhr Music (Opera) Award | |
| Ronald V Ratcliffe Memorial Award | for students demonstrating outstanding achievement in the music program |
| Music Department Memorial Award | for students active in the music program |
| Name |
|---|
| Music Department Discretionary |
| Vocal Instruction |
| Choral Program |
| Choirs Tour Fund |
| Ethnomusicology Program |
| Symphony Program |
| Alice Parks Nelson Orchestral Music Endowment Fund |
| Mustang Band |
| John R. Furtado, Jr. Endowment for Marching Band |
| Mustang Marching Band Equipment Fund |
| University Jazz Bands |
| Wind Orchestra |
| Wind Orchestra Tours Fund |
| Music Building Fund |
| Steinway Piano Repair Fund |
| Clifton Swanson Music Building Fund |
| Gerry & Peggy Peterson Sound Design |
| Voss Practice Studio |
| Avanti (Vocal) Scholarship Endowment |