All music courses are faculty-taught and are limited in size to provide the most personal attention to each student. The program offers a balanced curriculum in musicianship, historical perspectives and music performance. The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music, often called “the degree of the future” offers the maximum career opportunities following graduation. The B.A. degree also provides an appropriate background for prospective candidates pursuing advanced degrees in preparation for work as musicologists, composers, arts administrators, music educators as well as professional performers.
Students can major or minor in music at LMU. For majors, four years of private lessons are included in the university tuition and professional accompanists are available for lessons, auditions, and recital preparation at no additional charge.
Students in the major and minor select a performing emphasis in one of the following areas:
- Voice
- Piano
- Guitar
- Strings (violin, viola, cello, double bass)
- Percussion
One of the following upper-division concentrations should be chosen by the junior year:
- Theory/Composition
- Music History/Literature
- World Music/Ethnomusicology
- Instrumental Studies (continued emphasis on performance)*
- Vocal Studies (continued emphasis on performance)*
- Instrumental Conducting
- Choral Conducting
*Vocal and Instrumental Studies students perform a Senior Recital as part of their concentration. Senior capstone projects vary in the other concentrations.