{"id":400,"date":"2025-08-11T16:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/?page_id=400"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:09:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:09:57","slug":"music-scholarship-policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/music-scholarship-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Scholarship Expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To maintain your Music Scholarship, you need to fulfill the following requirements each semester. Music Scholarships are awarded for a maximum of 8 semesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a>Applied Lesson Requirements<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Register for applied lessons on your audition instrument\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Composition scholarship holders register for composition lessons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earn a minimum grade of C- or satisfactory audit (\u201cL\u201d)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perform in an end-of-semester jury, even if auditing\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Juries are not required for composition scholarship holders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perform on a Departmental Recital if encouraged by your private teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Music Scholarship dramatically reduces private lesson fees on your audition instrument:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Half-hour lessons: $30 per semester (regular fee: $780)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hour lessons: $60 per semester (regular fee: $1,560)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a>Ensemble Requirements<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Register for one of the following large ensembles on your audition instrument (when possible). Ensembles marked * require a separate audition for admission.<ul><li>Wooster Chorus*<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Wooster Symphony Orchestra*<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Scot Symphonic Band*<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Scot Marching Band (fall only)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Wooster Jazz Ensemble*<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pipe Band*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earn a passing grade (\u201cS\u201d) or satisfactory audit (\u201cL\u201d)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special notes<ul><li>Composition scholarship holders may choose any large ensemble<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Keyboard scholarship recipients may fulfill the requirement participating in one of the following:<ul><li>Playing the keyboard in Wooster Symphony Orchestra, Scot Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble, or Contemporary Chamber Ensemble,<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Enrolling in Accompanying course<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Singing in Wooster Chorus or Wooster Singers<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ensemble directors may invite you to enroll in a particular ensemble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: your eight semesters of lessons and ensembles, if taken for credit, will earn you 5 credits. Add just one music theory or musicology course, and you will have earned a minor in music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To maintain your Music Scholarship, you need to fulfill the following requirements each semester. Music Scholarships are awarded for a maximum of 8 semesters. Applied Lesson Requirements Your Music Scholarship [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":766,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/766"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":745,"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/400\/revisions\/745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.wooster.edu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}