It’s not every day a GRAMMY® Award-winning composer and conductor sits down to chat with you and your classmates. So it’s no surprise that nearly 90 Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music students and faculty recently jumped at the chance to join in a live Zoom chat with Eric Whitacre, one of today’s most popular orchestral and
Chapman University College of Performing Arts announced its scholar awards for the 2019/2020 academic year via virtual awards galas in each department. Please join us in congratulating the awards recipients. Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music The recipient of the Conservatory of Music Award, given in recognition of outstanding achievements in the areas of performance, academics, and
During summer 2019, I performed as a tour team intern for pop artist Tiffany Houghton. I gained the position after applying through Handshake and performing two sets of interviews. Each day presented new projects. From contacting artists and their management teams—such as fellow pop artist Tiffany Alvord who has since participated in collaborations with Tiffany
He’s been described as the “…the gateway drug to classical music“—and it’s no wonder, after Daniel Emmet (’15) wowed judges and audiences alike with his powerhouse performances on America’s Got Talent, putting an operatic spin on songs like Aerosmith’s I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing. This young classical crossover sensation and Chapman vocal performance alumnus returns
Ava Narayan is a senior majoring in Vocal Performance with clusters in Communication and Leadership. Ava gained invaluable experience working with the San Francisco Boys Chorus at the San Francisco Opera over the summer. This past summer, I landed a job as supervisor for the SF Boys Chorus backstage of the production of Carmen
The Hall Musco-Conservatory of Music announced its first-ever recipient of the new Presser Undergraduate Scholar Award for the 2018/19 academic year. The Presser Foundation was established in 1939 under the deeds of trust and will of Theodore Presser, a respected music teacher and publisher. The Foundation supports music performance and education through undergraduate and graduate
On Saturday, May 11, the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music’s 45th Annual Sholund Scholarship Concert* presents Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, at 4 p.m. in Musco Center for the Arts. The concert features over 165 instrumental and choral artists from The Chapman Orchestra and Chapman Choirs, including three alumni guest-soloists. Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 senior
Chapman sophomore Steven Gudino (double-major B.M. Guitar Performance and Music Composition) began playing guitar at the tender age of nine, around the time most young students are introduced to instrumental music at school. By his senior year in high school, he was still at it with his instrument and began composing his own songs, thanks
The life of one of opera’s brightest lights, soprano Carol Neblett, Artist-in-Residence at the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music at Chapman, will be celebrated in a free special event at Musco Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 8, 2018 at 4 p.m. The program, developed with her family, the faculty and students who were closest