Students understand compositional processes, aesthetic properties of style and the ways these shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural forces.

Required Courses

  • Complete two of the following
  • MPA 334: Survey of Electronic Music (2 units)
  • MPA 341: Sight Reading for Singers (2 units)
  • MPA 345: Improvisation (2 units)
  • MPA 365: Survey of Global Music (1 to 4 units)
  • MPA 370: Composition/Arranging I (2 units)
  • MPA 371: Composition & Arranging II (2 units)
  • MPA 401: Conducting (2 units)