Music - Loyola Marymount University

Music from Loyola Marymount University is a Campus Bachelor Music degree that prepares you for a Vocational Programs career. What Is Music? LMU's Music major provides quality instruction for students who wish to pursue music as a career or enrich their lives through music study or performance. The Music major provides a balanced program that includes musicianship, historical perspectives, and musical performance. Students receive a great deal of individual attention from professors via small classes and private lessons in voice, piano, guitar, strings (violin, viola, cello and double bass) and percussion. The Music Department prides itself on its ensembles. The department's large ensembles are the LMU Choruses, Sinatra Opera Workshop, LMU Chamber Orchestra, and World Music Ensembles (West African and Balinese Gamelan). Smaller groups are the String, Guitar and Mixed Chamber ensembles. The highly acclaimed LMU Choruses, made up of the Consort Singers, Women's Chorus and Concert Choir, tour domestically and internationally. What Do Music Majors Do? Music majors develop the physical coordination and technical skills required for specific musical activities, such as vocal and instrumental performance or conducting. Students learn to apply essential principles of music theory and form to the study and evaluation of musical scores. They also develop the creative skills to come up with their own compositions. Music majors examine the historical evolution of Western music as evidenced by style periods, performance practices, and representative composers and their works. Majors also study music as a cultural phenomenon, seen in its interrelationship with belief systems, lifeways and language. The music major is organized around the instrumental or vocal emphasis, in which a student undertakes private studies in voice, piano, guitar, strings or percussion. The major also has specialized concentrations in instrumental or vocal studies, music history, music theory/composition, ethnomusicology, and instrumental or vocal conducting. Applicants must audition in person or submit a voice or instrumental recording. Audition requirements may be obtained from the Music Department's administrative and production coordinator. Is This Major Right for You? You might be a Music major if you: Plan to be a professional musician Value the power of music Love to sing or play piano, guitar, percussion, or strings Are interested in music history Are disciplined and creative View more details on Loyola Marymount University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music courses.