Music - California State University - Long Beach

Music from California State University - Long Beach is a Campus Master Music degree that prepares you for a Vocational Programs career. The Master of Music degree program provides professional concentrations in Composition, Conducting-Instrumental, Conducting-Choral, Jazz Studies, Opera Performance and Instrumental/Vocal Performance. Prerequisites 1. A Bachelor of Music degree, or a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Music or a bachelor's degree, from an accredited institution, with a minimum of 24 upper division units of music comparable to those required at this University; 2. The student must request all institutions of higher learning attended to send official copies of transcripts directly to the Office of Admissions and Records and another set to the Department of Music Graduate Advisor. Transcripts presented to the Admissions Office by the student are not acceptable. Graduates of California State University, Long Beach must follow these same procedures when making application to the Master of Music in music program; 3. All applicants are required to complete the Department of Music Graduate Placement Examination before they register for courses applicable to the Master of Music degree . (Under special circumstances, a student may take the examination during the first semester in which he or she is registered in courses applicable to the degree); 4. Criteria according to concentration: A. Composition: submission and approval of a portfolio of representative original scores and evidence of baccalaureate-level competency as required in the Bachelor of Music Composition Option; B. Conducting: successful completion of a conducting examination and approval by the conducting faculty; C. Performance/Jazz Studies: Performance-Opera; Jazz Studies; and Instrumental/Vocal: an audition both at a performance level and with a repertory on an instrument or in voice acceptable to the faculty of the specific performance medium. 5. A GPA of 3.00 or better in upper division Music courses. Students who do not meet the 3.00 GPA requirement or specified balance within the required 24 units of upper division music but who possess outstanding or unusual qualifications that promise a significant contribution to the Master of Music program may petition for a special review from the Department Graduate Advisory Council. View more details on California State University - Long Beach, CA . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music courses.