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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.

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. Musicology Ethnomusicology Theory Piano Pedagogy

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.

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

The School of Music and Dance offers a Master of Arts in Music with emphases in composition, music education, or music history; and a Master of Music in Performance with emphases in vocal or instrumental performance, chamber music, or conducting (choral or instrumental).

Choral Scholars Scholarship * (Information and application: www.sandiego.edu/choralscholars) Amount: $8,500 Number of new openings per year: approximately 4 Application deadline: TBA Contact: Dr. Edwin Basilio Music Endowment Scholarship * This scholarship is offered to a music major who shows outstanding promise and demonstrates a desire to contribute to the USD music program in a significant way. All students must first apply to the University of San Diego through the Undergraduate Admissions Office before applying for this scholarship. Award amount: $2000 (first year), $3000 (second year), $4000 (third and fourth years) Number of scholarships awarded per year: 4 Application deadline: Monday, January 15, 2009 Application requirements: 1. Letter of application: Please

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