Undergraduate Awards:
Faculty of Fine Arts

Breeze/Newcap Awards in Music

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Donor: The Breeze Radio Station, Calgary

Value: $2500 - $5000

Number: Variable

Year Entering: Enrolled or Entering

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Jazz)

Conditions:
  • Studying jazz or having demonstrated participation in jazz music
  • Based on musical ability and academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Headís Advisory Committee of the Department of Music for nomination.

Apply Date:

Calgary Allied Arts Foundation Benefactors' Awards

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Donor: Calgary Allied Arts Foundation to honour benefactors Jim and Marion Nicoll, H.B. Hill, Douglas Motter and Wes Irwin

Value: $500

Number: 2

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Printmaking)

Conditions:
  • Recommendation made by the full-time academic staff of the Printmaking Division
  • Based on academic merit and a portfolio of prints
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: Portfolio of prints must be submitted to the area co-ordinator

Apply Date: by April 15

Calgary Pro Musica Chamber Music Prize

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Donor: Calgary Pro Musica Society

Value: $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Chamber)

Conditions:
  • Enrolled in the chamber music tutorial
  • Contributed the most to the tutorial
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

Apply Date:

Carr Prizes

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Donor: Mrs. Violet Scott Carr in memory of her husband W.H. "Harry" Carr

Value: up to $2000

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd or 3rd

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (piano)

Conditions:
  • Studying piano
  • Performance major
  • Selection based on performance before either the spring jury or the audition jury
  • Attended high school in Alberta
  • Canadian citizenor permanent resident

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Alice Cobb Scholarships

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Donor: Estate of Alice Cobb

Value: up to $1375

Number: 4

Year Entering: Any

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Piano, Violin, Viola or Cello)

Conditions:
  • Studying piano, violin, viola or cello
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Coffee Company Bursaries

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Donor: Coffee Company, MacEwan Student Centre

Value: $500

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Continuing Arts Association Travel Scholarship

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Donor: Continuing Arts Association

Value: up to $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Based on studio work completed during the first two and one-half years of attendance

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Art for nomination.

Apply Date:

Jock Abra Scholarship in Psychology and the Arts

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Donor: Dr. Jock Abra

Value: $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: Final

Faculty: Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Humanities

Field of Study: Honours Psychology, Fine Arts, Humanities

Conditions:
  • Honours program in the Department of Psychology
  • Academic merit
  • Preference given to students who demonstrate involvement and interest in an area of fine arts, the performing arts or humanities
  • Students who have completed coursework in the Faculty of Fine Arts or the Faculty of Humanities will also be considered

How to Apply: Applicants must submit a letter to the Department of Psychology summarizing their fine arts, performing arts or humanities involvement including specific information that clearly documents, supports and confirms the extent of involvement (eg. letters from instructors, portfolio of work produced, etc.)

Apply Date: by May 1

Alberta Printmakers' Society Award

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Donor: Alberta Printmakers' Society

Value: Three months free studio space and $100 prize

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd, 4th or Graduating

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Printmaking)

Conditions:
  • Specializing in Printmaking
  • Must have completed at least two 300-level Printmaking courses
  • Recommendation made by the full-time academic staff of the Printmaking Division
  • Academic merit
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load
  • Graduating students are also eligible

How to Apply: Portfolio of prints must be submitted to the area co-ordinator

Apply Date: by April 15

David Frederick Baker Memorial Prize

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Donor: David Frederick Baker Memorial Foundation

Value: up to $1400

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd, 4th or Graduating

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music

Conditions:
  • Highest grade based on performance on a musical instrument before the spring jury
  • Graduated from a high school located within the Province of Alberta
  • Need not be returning to the University of Calgary

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Beth Israel Players Award

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Donor: Calgary Foundation - Beth Israel Players Scholarship Fund

Value: $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama, Music, Program of Dance

Conditions:
  • Offered on a rotating basis in the Department of Drama, the Department of Music and the Program of Dance
  • Year 1: the award will go to a student demonstrating outstanding achievement and attitude in drama
  • Year 2: the award will go to a student demonstrating outstanding achievement and attitude in music
  • Year 3: the award will go to a student demonstrating outstanding achievement and attitude in dance

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Victoria Black Award

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Donor: Drama Undergraduate Society, students, staff and faculty members of the Department of Drama in memory of Victoria Black, a student in the Department of Drama 1988-1991

Value: $3500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th or 5th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama

Conditions:
  • Accepted into DRAM 590: Professional Theatre Internship (fulll time)
  • Selected by the Department of Drama
  • Selection based on both practical and academic achievement, and interests expressed in the personal interview

How to Apply: Apply to the Department of Drama

Apply Date: by March 1

Bow Fort Chapter I.O.D.E. Bursary

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Donor: Bow Fort Chapter I.O.D.E., Calgary

Value: $250

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

E.G. Coombe Family Bursaries in Music

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Donor: Edwin G. Coombe Family, Calgary

Value: up to $2000

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Vocal/Choral, Organ or Piano)

Conditions:
  • Concentration in vocal/choral music
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Extra-curricular activities
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident
  • If not able to offer both awards in vocal/choral music, then one award is offered to a music student studying organ or piano

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Noel Coward Memorial Award

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Donor: Alan L. Robertson, Calgary

Value: up to $1500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama

Conditions:
  • Demonstrated excellence in theatrical performance
  • Minimum grade point average of 2.60 in the previous academic year
  • Normally, the award is given at the end of the third year of study to a student who has demonstrated excellence in acting
  • Must be registered full time but need not be carrying a normal full course load

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Carl Danker Award

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Donor: Carl Danker, BA ë92 and BFA ë94

Value: $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Printmaking)

Conditions:
  • Recommendation made by the full-time academic staff of the Printmaking Division based on academic merit and a portfolio of prints
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full-course load

How to Apply: Portfolio of prints must be submitted to the area co-ordinator

Apply Date: by April 15

Antoinette Davies Memorial Bursary

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Donor: Mr. Sterling Davies, Mrs. Maureen Pavelec and friends in memory of Mrs. Sterling (Anne) Davies

Value: up to $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Piano)

Conditions:
  • Studying piano
  • Majoring in performance
  • Attended high school in Alberta
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Ken Esler Prize

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Donor: Established by the BFA Graduation Class of 2000

Value: up to $250

Number: 1

Year Entering: Final

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Visual Arts)

Conditions:
  • Based on excellence in studio practice

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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F.L. Fenwick Scholarships in Music

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Donor: Carthy Foundation in honour of F.L. Fenwick on the occasion of his retirement as president of the Carthy Foundation

Value: up to $2000

Number: 2

Year Entering: Enrolled or Entering

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Pipe Organ or Harpsichord)

Conditions:
  • Based on recommendation of the audition jury or the spring jury
  • In the event the jury does not recommend an organist then students studying harpsichord will become eligible

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Associates of the Faculty of Fine Arts 25th Anniversary Scholarships

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Donor: Associates of the Faculty of Fine Arts

Value: $1000

Number: 7

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art, Drama, Music, Dance

Conditions:
  • Two awards are offered in Art, two in Drama, two in Music, and one in the Program of Dance
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Irene Y.L. Fung Memorial Bursary

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Donor: Peter Tsang in memory of his wife, Irene Fung

Value: up to $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music

Conditions:
  • Financial need
  • Academic merit
  • Graduate of an Alberta high school
  • Canadian citizen or permanent resident
  • Preference given to students studying piano or violin

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Gordon L. Gibbs Bursary for the Fine Arts

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Donor: Funded by an endowment established by friends and family of Gordon L. Gibbs and matching grant from Alberta Opportunity Bursary Fund

Value: up to $250

Number: 1

Year Entering: Final

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama or Art

Conditions:
  • Major in Drama or Art
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Gledhil Award

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Donor: Neal Gledhil

Value: $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Printmaking)

Conditions:
  • Recommendation made by the full-time academic staff of the Printmaking Division
  • Based on academic standing and a portfolio of prints
  • Must be registered full time but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: Portfolio of prints must be submitted to the area co-ordinator

Apply Date: by April 15

Helen and F.R. Graham Award

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Donor: Helen E. Graham, Calgary

Value: up to $2500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Composition)

Conditions:
  • Based on academic merit and/or student's promise as a composer
  • In the case of a tie, financial need will also be taken into consideration

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

Apply Date:

Sharon L. Gregory Bursary

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Donor: Mr. and Mrs. George Gibson in honour of their daughter-in-law, Dr. Sharon L. Gregory

Value: $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Art History)

Conditions:
  • Major in Art History
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Scholarship

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Donor: Mrs. Marie Hanson Samuels in recognition of the great talent of Elizabeth Sterling Haynes and her contribution to theatre in Alberta

Value: up to $900

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama

Conditions:
  • Majoring in Drama
  • Academic merit
  • Demonstrated excellence in theatrical performance

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Heinz Jordan Material Art Awards

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Donor: Heinz Jordan and Company Limited

Value: $500 Certificate for the purchase of art supplies

Number: 2

Year Entering: 3rd

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: (Art) Visual Art

Conditions:
  • Must be studing Visual Art in the Department of Art
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Hertz Trio Prize

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Donor: Barrie I. Strafford, Calgary

Value: up to $250

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (String)

Conditions:
  • Based on performance before the spring jury and overall contribution to ensemble work within the department

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Hungarian Arts and Heritage Foundation of Alberta Bursary

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Donor: Hungarian Arts and Heritage Foundation of Alberta

Value: up to $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

IATSE (Local 212) Award in Design/Technical Theatre

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Donor: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (Local 212)

Value: up to $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama

Conditions:
  • Demonstrated interest in and potential for success in the technical and/or design aspect of theatrical or motion picture production
  • Must have a minimum grade point average of 2.60
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Drama for nomination.

Apply Date:

Yvonne Johnston Award

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Donor: Dr. A. Richard Johnston and friends and colleagues of Yvonne Johnston

Value: up to $800

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Piano)

Conditions:
  • Studying piano
  • Based on student's demonstrated interest and ability in the discipline of accompanying

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

Apply Date:

Norman J. Kennedy Memorial Scholarship for Choral Performance

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Donor: Mrs. Doris Kennedy in memory of her husband, Norman J. Kennedy (1905-1970) in recognition of the contribution he made to the musical life in the City of Calgary

Value: up to $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Coral)

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Participation and contribution to choral performance or choral conducting

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

Apply Date:

Mike McAdam and Wendy Smith Dance Award

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Donor: Mike McAdam and Wendy Smith

Value: up to $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Dance

Conditions:
  • Involvement in dance-related activities at the University and in the community
  • Minimum grade point average of 3.00 in the previous Fall/Winter Sessions

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

F.M. McLeod Prize

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Donor: Calgary Concert Band

Value: $100

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Band)

Conditions:
  • Participating or about to enroll in the University band program

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

Apply Date:

Santo Mignosa Award

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Donor: Friends and colleagues of Santo Mignosa on the occasion of his retirement from the Department of Art

Value: $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Printmaking)

Conditions:
  • Specializing in Printmaking
  • Recommendation will be made by the full-time academic staff of the Printmaking Division
  • Academic merit
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: Portfolio of prints must be submitted to the area co-ordinator

Apply Date: by April 15

Millennium Prize for Russian Performing Arts

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Donor: Slavo Ethnic Society Calgary, with the support of Jerome's Yamaha Music

Value: up to $700

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music, Drama, Dance (Russian Cultural Heritage)

Conditions:
  • Outstanding performance in a work from the Russian cultural heritage
  • Need not be returning to the University of Calgary

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by a committee consisting of the Heads of the Departments of Music and Drama and the Co-ordinator of Dance for nomination.

Apply Date:

Victor Mitchell Award

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Donor: Friends of Victor Mitchell

Value: up to $1700

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama (Theatre)

Conditions:
  • Shown an excellence and aptitude in the study and practice of theatre

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Drama for nomination.

Apply Date:

Richard C. Moss Memorial Award

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Donor: Family of the late Richard C. Moss

Value: up to $600

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Dance

Conditions:
  • Exemplary achievement and attitude in the study and practice of dance
  • Must be registered full time but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the B.A. Dance Committee for nomination.

Apply Date:

John Norman Munro Memorial Award in Music

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Donor: Family and friends of John Norman Munro

Value: up to $2200

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Contribution to the musical life of the department in the previous academic year
  • Attended high school in Alberta
  • Preference given to students who have been accepted into the performance route

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Department of Music Awards

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Donor: Department of Music, University of Calgary

Value: Variable

Number: Variable

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music

Conditions:
  • Based on recommendation of the audition jury or on musical ability
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Department of Music Prize

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Donor: Department of Music, University of Calgary

Value: up to $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music

Conditions:
  • Chosen on the basis of contribution to the musical life of the department in the previous academic year or on the recommendation of the audition jury

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Sadie M. Nelson Bursary in Art

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Donor: Sadie M. Nelson with thanks to the University of Calgary for the education received by the children of Fred and Sadie Nelson

Value: up to $800

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Canadian citizen
  • Resident of Alberta

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Dr. Leona Flegal Paterson Prize in Drama

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Donor: Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Calgary

Value: $1000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama

Conditions:
  • Majoring in Drama
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Anthony G. Petti Memorial Scholarships

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Donor: Endowed by family, friends and colleagues of Dr. Anthony G. Petti, professor of English at the University of Calgary and founder and director of the Calgary Renaissance Singers and Players. The awards are offered in Dr. Petti's memory to encourage studies in two of his areas of notable scholarship and creativity - Renaissance Literature and Music.

Value: up to $1000

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Humanities, Fine Arts

Field of Study: Renaissance Literature and Early Music

Conditions:
  • Preference given to students in Humanities and Fine Arts
  • One award is based on academic merit in Renaissance Literature (Old English to Sixteenth Century, and Shakespeare); consult Department of English for applicable courses
  • One award is based on a demonstrated interest and ability in the performance and/or study of Early Music

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Pringle Family Scholarship for the Visual Arts

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Donor: Pringle Family

Value: up to $600

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Painting, Drawing, or Printmaking)

Conditions:
  • Specializing in the area of Painting, Drawing or Printmaking
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Smiley Raborn, Jr. Scholarship

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Donor: CanDel Oil Ltd., Calgary

Value: up to $1600

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Not simultaneously in receipt of any other major award

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Joan Reimer Memorial Bursary

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Donor: Family and friends of Joan Ann Reimer, BPE (1994), in recognition of her life-long love of learning

Value: up to $300

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th; 1st; Penultimate

Faculty: Fine Arts, Education, Any

Field of Study: Fine Arts, Master of Teaching Program, Any Combined Degree

Conditions:
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Must be registered full time, but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Rideau Music Limited Prize

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Donor: Rideau Music Limited, Calgary

Value: $100

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music

Conditions:
  • Noteworthy achievement in the field of music

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

John P.L. Roberts Awards

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Donor: Associates of the Faculty of Fine Arts, friends of John Roberts and the University of Calgary from the Building on the Vision Campaign

Value: up to $600

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music and Art, Drama and Dance

Conditions:
  • Offered on a rotating departmental basis
  • Minimum grade point average of 3.20 in the most recent five full-course equivalents
  • Most outstanding creative presentations
  • Year 1: the awards will go to one student in each of the Departments of Music and Art
  • Year 2: the awards will go to one student in each of the Department of Drama and the Program of Dance

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Allan Sangster Prize

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Donor: Department of Music, University of Calgary

Value: up to $100

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Music History)

Conditions:
  • Majoring in Music History
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

Apply Date:

Polyna Savridi Memorial Undergraduate Scholarship

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Donor: Polyna Savridi Memorial Foundation, Calgary

Value: up to $650

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Vocal)

Conditions:
  • Vocal music student
  • Accepted into the performance route
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Dr. Sylvia Shaw Memorial Dance Scholarship

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Donor: June Acorn, on behalf of the family, and proceeds from the University of Calgary Dance Montage Program. This scholarship was established in loving memory of Dr. Sylvia Shaw, Dance Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology from 1965 to 1995 at the U of C.

Value: up to $500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts, Kinesiology

Field of Study: Dance or Pedogogy

Conditions:
  • Enrolled in the BA (Dance) or the BKn (Pedogogy) program
  • Academic merit
  • Demonstrated extra-curricular involvement in dance-related activities

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Peter H. Spear Memorial Scholarship

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Donor: Family and friends of Peter Spear

Value: up to $3000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 1st or 2nd, 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Education, Fine Arts

Field of Study: (Master of Teaching program with a Drama Education specialization), Drama

Conditions:
  • Drama Education specialization
  • Academic merit
  • Must have successfully completed a minimum of two full courses offered by the Department of Drama
  • In the event there are no eligible candidates then students registered in the Department of Drama will be considered providing they have submitted an Undergraduate Awards application by August 1

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Isabel Stadelbauer Award

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Donor: Estate of Isabel Stadelbauer, Teacher and Artist

Value: up to $1250

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts, Education

Field of Study: BFA (Developmental Art) Program or the Combined BFA (Developmental Art)/Bed

Conditions:
  • Completed three years in the BFA (Developmental Art) program and continuing in either the BFA (Developmental Art) program or the Combined BFA (Developmental Art)/BEd (Master of Teaching Program)
  • Must demonstrate exceptional commitment to the discipline of Art Education
  • Academic merit
  • Participation in extra-curricular activities in the Art Education community

How to Apply: Students must apply to the Department of Art. They should submit a letter outlining their extra-curricular activities as well as supporting documentation regarding participation in discipline-related associations and organizations, volunteer work, publications and conference presentations

Apply Date: by April 15

D.L. Stevenson Awards in Painting

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Donor: D.L. Stevenson & Son Artistís Color Mfg. Co. Ltd.

Value: $200 (300-level), $400 (500-level)

Number: 2

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Painting)

Conditions:
  • One award offered to a student who has completed 300-level painting courses and is registered in a 400-level painting course in the succeeding Fall Session
  • One award offered to a student who has completed 500-level painting courses
  • Based on a portfolio review by the academic staff of the Department of Art

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date:

Terpsichore Awards

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Donor: Program of Dance, University of Calgary

Value: up to $900

Number: 3

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Dance

Conditions:
  • Demonstrated excellence and aptitude in the study and practice of dance
  • Must be registered full time but need not be carrying a full course load

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the B.A. Dance Committee for nomination.

Apply Date:

Madam Valda Bursaries

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Donor: Estate of the late Olga Valda Kavaner

Value: $1000

Number: Variable

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study:

Conditions:
  • Based primarily on financial need
  • Academic merit also to be considered
  • Preference given to a Canadian aboriginal student for one award

How to Apply: Student Awards Office

Apply Date: August 1

Shirley M. White Scholarship

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Donor: Dr. Terry White

Value: up to $1500

Number: 1

Year Entering: 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Drama

Conditions:
  • Academic merit

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Drama for nomination.

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Jack Wise Award for Excellence in Painting

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Donor: Jed Irwin Fund of The Calgary Foundation

Value: up to $300

Number: 1

Year Entering: 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Art (Painting)

Conditions:
  • Completed ART 451: Painting III and ART 453: Painting IV, at the University of Calgary
  • Based on a portfolio review by the academic staff of the Department of Art

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

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Don Wright Award in Practical Instrumental Arranging

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Donor: Dr. Don Wright, Toronto, Ontario

Value: up to $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Practical Instrumental Arranging)

Conditions:
  • Continuing in program for at least one more year
  • Most promise in practical instrumental arranging and composing for performance by an elementary or secondary school group

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

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Don Wright Award in Vocal and Choral Music

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Donor: Dr. Don Wright, Toronto, Ontario

Value: up to $2000

Number: 1

Year Entering: 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music (Vocal and Choral)

Conditions:
  • Demonstrated a particular interest for working in classroom vocal music with Grades 5 through 10 students

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by the Department of Music for nomination.

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Don Wright Prizes

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Donor: Dr. Don Wright, Toronto, Ontario

Value: up to $1700

Number: 2

Year Entering: Enrolled or Entering

Faculty: Fine Arts

Field of Study: Music

Conditions:
  • Chosen on the basis of contribution to the musical life of the department in the previous academic year or on the recommendation of the audition jury

How to Apply: No application required. Eligible students will automatically be considered by their faculty for nomination.

Apply Date: