Music - MM

M.M. and D.M.A. programs in Music offer the finest preparation for professional and academic careers in performance from distinguished faculty. As an M.M. or D.M.A. Music performance major, you’ll have one-to-one individual instruction throughout your studies from our stellar faculty who are all practicing instrumental soloists, opera singers, orchestral players, and master teachers on the world's stages. You’ll get experience in class performances, chamber music concerts, large ensembles such as chamber choir, chamber orchestra, wind ensemble, brass choir, new music ensemble, and the annual opera production. Your classes in music history, music theory and analysis will be with distinguished academic professors who are all renowned scholars leading graduate doctoral programs. You’ll have access to our outstanding music library with its musical scores, books, and recordings. You’ll give several public recitals in one of our three fine concert halls, exposing you to the challenges and excitement of a soloist and providing you with a foundation for teaching your instrument. Many will have some opportunity as a teaching assistant during their time at UCSB as an introduction to academic teaching. Masterclasses by touring international artists performing in Santa Barbara are regular occurrences, as are visits by distinguished composers.

• Music education (private lessons and schools)

• Performing arts

• Arts administration

• Philanthropy

• Libraries

• Music Performance (D.M.A.)

• Music Theory

• Music Administration

• Music Education

• Ethnomusicology

• Musicology

• LA Opera, Opera Santa Barbara, various European opera houses

• KamerFilharmonie Der Aa (Holland), Kirkkonummi Chamber Orchestra (Finland), The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Sweden), Opera San Luis Obispo orchestra

• New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Georgia State University, University of Nevada Las Vegas

• Military bands (winds and brass), commercial and classical recordings, musical shows

• Our Chamber Choir tours in California, and we give Opera Outreach performances in CA and NYC

• Our instrumental programs focus on chamber music

• We offer master classes with international performing artists (Yo-Yo Ma, Emmanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, Juilliard Quartet, Yefim Bronfman, and many others)

• Our program hosts residencies and visits from major composers

• One of our graduates won the Online and Los Angeles Liszt Competitions, with recitals in London and Budapest

• MA and PhD programs in Comosition, Musicology, Music Theory and Ethnomusicology

• Media, Arts and Technology

• heater and Dance

• European Languages and Literature

• Psychology of music performance

• Chamber music

• Music in society

Music Department website: https://music.ucsb.edu

Graduate Programs in Music: https://music.ucsb.edu/apply/graduate

Upcoming Calendar of UCSB Music Events: https://music.ucsb.edu/events/calendar

Music Library: https://www.library.ucsb.edu/music-library