Oct 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Music, Conducting - Choral Concentration, M.M.


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; 

  1. The student must request all institutions of higher learning attended to send official copies of transcripts directly to the Office of Admissions and Records. 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; 

  1. All applicants must complete the Bob Cole Conservatory Graduate Placement Examination before they register for courses applicable to the Master of Music degree.

  2. 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 audition 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 repertoire on an instrument or in voice acceptable to the faculty of the specific performance medium. 

D. 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. 

Advancement to Candidacy


  1. Satisfy all the general University requirements;

  2. Remove all undergraduate deficiencies, which were determined by the Bob Cole Conservatory Graduate Placement Examination and/or the Dean of the College of the Arts;

  3. Submit an project report proposal and a graduate degree program to the Graduate Advisor for approval. Note: in order to satisfy the culminating activity requirement (project), students must earn at least three (3) units and no more than six (6) units related to the completion of the culminating activity;

  4. GPA of 3.0 or higher.

General Requirements for all majors


Completion of a least 31-33 units of approved upper division and graduate courses with at least 24 units in the major. The following courses are the only undergraduate classes allowed to count on a graduate program. All others must be taken at the 500- or 600-level. (The program may not include more than six units of transfer graduate credit).

Shared Core


Take 3 units of electives selected by advisement


Additional Requirements


*Approved Major Performance Organizations (MUS 500 , MUS 530 ) by area:

  • Winds and Brass: Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Jazz Orchestra
  • Percussion: Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra
  • Strings: Symphony Orchestra
  • Voice: Chamber Choir, University Choir, 49er Chorus, Opera
  • Opera: Chamber Choir, University Choir, 49er Chorus, Opera
  • Jazz Studies: Concert Jazz Orchestra, Studio Jazz Band, Vocal Jazz Ensemble I, Vocal Jazz Ensemble II