Music

Overview

Students in the Music program at California State University East Bay are given the opportunity to increase their musicianship, critical skills, and professional insights in preparation for careers in performing, teaching, composing and arranging, administration, and research. It also offers opportunities for current school and college music teachers to increase their professional effectiveness and provides prospective doctoral aspirants with a sound foundation for advanced graduate study.

Students take core courses in graduate-level music theory, history, education, and research, and choose elective courses in an area of emphasis that support their artistic, creative and professional goals. Areas of emphasis include: choral studies, composition, jazz studies, music education, music history, music theory, and performance. All emphases require a culminating recital, creative project, or master’s thesis.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students graduating with an M.A. in Music from Cal State East Bay will be able to:

• Demonstrate mastery of core skills within their primary area of emphasis, i.e. performance, composition, research, analysis, conducting, or teaching;

• Apply critical and creative thinking and analytical reasoning to address complex challenges in music creation, performance, and research;

• Work collaboratively and respectfully with other musicians in a performance context; and

• Integrate musical ideas, methods, theory, and practice, and communicate them to others clearly and persuasively, in classroom and performance settings.