B.F.A. in Dance at San Diego State University
The B.F.A. in Dance is a professional degree, which focuses on intensive work in the field of dance with a supporting program of general studies. It provides professional preparation for dance majors in choreography, performance, scholarship and teaching. Our graduates work as choreographers and dancers with professional modern dance companies. They serve as teachers in community and recreational programs, schools, as movement educators, and candidates for graduate work in dance scholarship.
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The Music Program at USD offers an integrated study of music history, theory, composition andperformance in a Liberal Arts environment. The professionally active faculty, student ensembles and guest artists contribute to a lively culture of performance and scholarly inquiry. Music students study in small classes and have frequent contact with the faculty. Music ensembles bring together music students, faculty, and the USD and San Diego communities. In addition to offering a major and minor in Music, the Music Program offers a Music Concentration for the Liberal Studies degree.
Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet and Dominican University of California are partners in the formation of an exciting new, four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance degree program.
Combining the highly acclaimed dance training and philosophy of one of the nation’s foremost dance institutions with the comprehensive liberal arts education and social values of the Dominican tradition, the LINES/Dominican BFA in Dance offers students an unparalleled opportunity to discover themselves as artists and human beings.
Housed in the esteemed Humanities Department on the Dominican campus in San Rafael and in the spacious dance studios of LINES Ballet’s San Francisco Dance Center, the
Master of Music
The M.M. degree in Music is designed to promote outstanding achievement in both performance and intellectual development. For many students, the M.M. is their final professional degree. Many of our students, however, wish to pursue doctoral degrees and/or specialized diplomas after completing the M.M. At SDSU School of Music and Dance, we strive to prepare our graduate students for the highest attainments in the field of music.
The School of Music serves as the largest and most diverse component of the School of Music and Dance. The School of Music is committed to bringing students who are competent, passionate, highly motivated and willing to take risks, from the known to the unknown. From education and research to performance and composition, we guide students with the courage to create strong, individual profiles so that they will become leaders in the development of new culture. Through immersion in an environment of rigorous teaching, open inquiry, and deep exploration we encourage students to create works, performances and ideas that
Our three year, two summer BFA in Dance program trains you professionally in ballet, modern, jazz, tap, musical theatre, and world dance forms like Flamenco, African, East Indian, and Russian. Hone your choreographic skills with our three semester choreography sequence, and broaden your dance experience with courses like music for dance, lighting for dance, functional anatomy, dance history, and teaching practicum. Special Topics courses bring classes in Pilates, repertory, partnering, and acting for dancers. Entrance to the BFA program is by audition only.
We offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in music with emphases in Performance, Music Theory and Composition, and Music History. Our curriculum includes a broad range of courses, from early chant to cutting edge modern music, symphonic, choral, chamber and solo performance, world music, computer music, sound art, and innovative interdisciplinary courses exploring music in relation to politics, art, literature, religion and cultural studies. Within the context of a liberal arts institution, music students receive a broad training as musicians, thinkers and citizens, developed through USD's strong core curriculum and the Music Program's rigorous history, theory and performance requirements.
Students
The emphasis of the M.A. degree in Music is on research rather than applied music study. Since the M.A. degree in Music is a research-intensive program, a strong emphasis is placed on research and writing skills. Graduate students pursuing the M.A. in Music degree work closely with world-renowned educators and scholars, culminating in a significant thesis project.
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