Support the Music Department
Private support for the department is crucial to recruiting and retaining top students and faculty in our competitive and increasingly global world. In order to continue providing the outstanding educational experiences Cal Poly is known for, we need your support.
There are dozens of funds in our department that provide innumerable opportunities for our students and faculty. We ask you to consider supporting:
Ensemble Funds
- Arab Music Ensemble
- Combined Choirs Fund
- Early Music Ensemble--Mission/Bach Concert Support
- Mustang Marching Band
- RSVP Production Fund
- Student Opera Production Fund
- Symphony
- University Jazz Bands
- Wind Bands
Other Funds
- Music Building Support Fund
- Faculty Recital Scholarship Support
- Music Department Discretionary
- Contributions to this fund will go to instrument, equipment and faculty support
- More funds in the tables below.
Matching Gifts
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Give Now
Support the department — give online. If you prefer to provide a check, please print and fill out our giving form. Mail the form and check to:
Cal Poly College of Liberal Arts
Office of Advancement
One Grand Ave #47-31
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0320
To learn more about the needs of Cal Poly and how you can help, contact:
David Cohune
Assistant Dean for Advancement
805-756-7056
More Funds
To make an online donation to the following, please go to Cal Poly's online giving page. Under "Enter name or number for fund not listed online" enter any of the fund names listed below (Scholarships, Awards and Additional Funds).
Scholarship Name | Scholarship Intent |
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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 |
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Award Name | Award Intent |
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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 |
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Name |
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Music Department Discretionary |
Vocal Instruction |
Choral Program |
Choirs Tour Fund |
Arab Music Ensemble |
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 |
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