Music

Music Education

• A curriculum designed for maximum flexibility
• Learn in a state-of-the-art Music Lab
• Small class sizes, access to excellent faculty
• Study music in the context of an exciting liberal arts education
• Participate in various music ensembles
• Advanced music technology
• Exposure to world music cultures

CSUSM's Jazz Ensemble

Program Features

• Students receive a foundation in solid traditional training as well as exposure to advanced music technology and world music cultures.
• Our curriculum is designed with maximum flexibility, allowing students to create their own courses of study, with advisement by a faculty mentor.
• Music majors may emphasize one of several areas, which include the following: Performance, Music technology (music technology students present their work through digital media or on the web), Composition, World music, or a combination of these.
• After completing a core of lower-division courses, students focus on their preferences in upper-division work.
• Students create a senior capstone project of their own design that highlights the skills learned in the major.
• Students in our program participate in ensembles, which include:
  • Concert band
  • Vocal ensemble 
  • Jazz ensemble
  • Indonesian gamelan ensemble
  • And other group or class performances