This one-year award is granted by live or taped audition at the discretion of the Music Department according to fund availability. The procedures for audition and repertoire are the same as those listed under the Carroll Donner Commemorative Scholarship in Music. The Robert Maas Memorial Scholarship Grant Available to entering or continuing students who show exceptional ability in the violoncello. Procedures and audition for this grant are the same as those for the Carroll Donner Commemorative Scholarship in Music. The Barbara Hazelton Floyd Scholarship in Music recognizes an entering student of good, sound character who has demonstrated superior musical talent and prospect for achievement as well as scholastic ability.
Preference is given to freshwomen and students of piano.
Selection is made based upon an audition and review of the applicant's admission file. The scholarship is renewable annually if the student continues her music study with satisfactory academic progress, has music faculty recommendation, has declared a major in Music by the end of her sophomore year, and maintains a 3.2 Mills grade point average and full-time enrollment. To be considered for this award, a candidate must submit a continuous tape recording, free of any spacing, and is required to perform the three representative compositions pertaining to three periods, including one work in contemporary idiom, totaling at least 15 minutes in length. A student submitting a recording directly to the Office of Admission, postmarked no later than February 15. Live audition, if possble, is preferred.