World Music Concentration/Performance and/or Composition Emphasis | Print |
(For students who entered Fall 2007 and after)

Faculty Emphasis Advisors

Munir Beken, Assistant Professor
Cheryl L. Keyes, Professor
Steve Loza
, Professor
James Newton, Professor

Plan of Study

Freshman Sample Plan of Study (pdf)

Transfer Sample Plan of Study (pdf)

GPA requirement

Students who select this emphasis must have a 3.5 grade-point average in departmental lower division core courses and a cumulative 3.00 GPA at the time of application.

Capstone (final project requirement)

Students must fulfill the capstone final project requirement (4 units) through a public performance. Students must enroll in Ethnomusicology 199 (2 units) and pass a pre-performance jury in winter quarter. For the pre-performance jury, instrumental and vocal performers must present a portion of their performance, and composers must present excerpts from their composition in front of faculty. Students must enroll in Ethnomusicology 186 (2 units) during the term in which they present their final performance. See Performance Guidelines or Composition Guidelines for information on completing your performance.

Click here for information on applying for this emphasis.

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

PREPARATION FOR THE MAJOR
Lower Division Core Course Units (48)
Units
(M7A/B/C) Intro to Music: History, Culture, Creativity (C- or better required in each course)
4/4/4
(Ethno 20A/B/C) Musical Cultures of the World
5/5/5
(Music 20A/B/C) Music Theory I, II, III (C or better required in each course)
3/3/3
(91A-91Z) World Music Performance Organizations or
(92) Private Instruction in Music
2/2/2/2/2/2
TOTAL LOWER DIVISION UNITS REQUIRED 48
UPPER DIVISION CORE COURSE UNITS (20)

(175) Sociology of Music or (181) Anthropology of Music
4
(183) Study of Ethnomusicology
4
(161A-Z) World Music Performance Ensembles or
(162) Private Instruction
2/2/2/2/2/2
UPPER DIVISION PERFORMANCE AND COMPOSITION EMPHASIS UNITS (36)
Sixteen units, selected from the following: 16
(C124) The Electric Music of Miles Davis
(126A/B/C) Jazz Orchestration  (2 units each)
(127A/B/C) Jazz Keyboard Harmony (2 units each)
(129A/B/C) Jazz Theory and Improvisation (2 units each)
(163) Pathways to Composition
(164) World Music Composition
(C165) Selected Topics in Composition
(Music C176) Electronic Music Composition

An additional 16 units must be completed with courses selected from
the same emphasis or from other emphases, or with Special Topics,
or Individual Studies courses (188, 197E, or 197S).
16
(186) Senior Recital or Project and (199) Senior Project
4
TOTAL UPPER DIVISION UNITS REQUIRED
56
TOTAL UNITS FOR MAJOR 104
Minimum School of the Arts and Architecture Requirements
(Writing I and II, Foreign Language, Quantitative Reasoning,
Diversity, GE, and 12 units of upper division non-major courses)
Minimum Number of Units Required for Bachelor of Arts
(World Music Concentration, Performance and/or Composition
Emphasis)
180
World Music Performance Ensembles

Ethnomusicology 91 A-Z and 161 A-Z. Students have the opportunity to participate in performing organizations representing some 10-12 traditions. These ensembles are taught by masters of each tradition, who are also usually natives of that tradition, giving the student a chance to understand the subtleties of pedagogical technique from someone who has spent a lifetime immersed in the music. (For details click on World Music Performance Ensembles).

Private Instruction in Music

Students in the world music concentration who want alternatives to the above performance ensembles may enroll in Ethnomusicology 92 or 162 in order to receive two units of credit for private or semi-private lessons with a distinguished community-based musician. All costs involved with these lessons are to be paid for by the student. Once the student has selected the musician and musical tradition, a 92/162 course contract must be completed and submitted to the department chair's office no later than the end of the second week of the quarter the student plans to enroll. For more information go to: Private Instruction in Music.

 

 

 

 

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