Overview

The Music program at Saint Mary's College of California has a curriculum that focuses on development of the whole musician, guiding each student to strive for excellence and realize their full potential. With small class sizes (student-to-teacher of 5:1) throughout program, major and non-majors alike see exponential growth and development, and enjoy an enviable number of performance opportunities. Auditions for ensembles occur at the beginning and end of each term – all ensemble members qualify for private lessons. See below for specific ensemble details.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successfully completing a degree in Music, Dance, or Theatre, students will be able to:

Employ appropriately the basic technical terms generally used in an art form when discussing individual works, and identify specific elements of the aesthetic, historical and cultural context of a work of art by comparing it to others from the same context.

Utilize a cross-disciplinary perspective in the arts and a familiarity with the Great Books / liberal arts tradition to identify the ways performing artists draw inspiration from nature, history, imagination, and the creative ideas and influences of others.

Recognize similarities in structure (such as elements of phrasing) shared by all three performing arts and be able to articulate the significance of structural elements in the analysis of a work’s form and meaning.

Engage in critical discourse that transcends personal opinion and acknowledges, respects and integrates the insights of other students from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Demonstrate the capacity for sustained and focused rehearsal efforts and for working collaboratively with different directors and performers.

Perform the works of great choreographers, composers, and playwrights, as well as original /contemporary works of living artists.

Adapt performance skills both in rehearsal and performance to the technical demands of specific masterworks of various styles and eras, as well as to original/contemporary works.

Exhibit performance skills beyond the foundational to professional level while effectively negotiating the anxiety/excitement of live performance, and be conversant with advanced techniques of the discipline.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Beginning and Intermediate Piano

Performing Ensembles

Private Music Instruction Lab

Keyboard Harmony

Music Theory/Ear Training

Sight Singing and Ear Training

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-05 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

124 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Moraga, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

59251 USD / year

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59251 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

59251 USD / year

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Living costs

Moraga

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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Learning Outcomes

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Moraga

Funding

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