Prospective Students - Applied Music Program

The Music Department at Santa Monica College

is pleased to announce a newly revised Music Curriculum for Music Majors, with special emphasis for students planning to transfer to a four-year college. This program, which includes our new APPLIED MUSIC PROGRAM, which began in the Fall semester, 2001.

Taught by our highly regarded faculty and qualified adjunct faculty from the Southern California area, this program will allow you to transfer to most four-year colleges at the 3rd-year level when completed. Besides the required lower division theory and musicianship classes, we will now offer private lessons to our students on any instrument or discipline in which the student is qualified. Qualifications are determined by audition. Once in the program, Applied Music students will be required each semester to enroll in Music 92(Applied Lessons), Music 94(Concert Music Class), an SMC ensemble group, and the appropriate theory and musicianship classes.

If you have seriously considered a major in music, here is your opportunity to develop those skills at the Community College tuition rates ($20.00 per unit) and then finish your degree at the institution of your choice.

Santa Monica College is ranked the #1 transfer institution to the University of California, the University of Southern California, and Loyola Marymount University, with articulation to many other schools. [please see the outline of new curriculum below].

We will hold auditions for the Applied Program on:

Saturday, December 13 2008

Madison Music and Performing Arts Campus, Room 107

1310 11th St. - Santa Monica, CA 90401

If you missed these auditions last semester, here is the chance to audition . Fill out the application (a printable copy may be found at the bottom of this page) and submit it to the Music Office ASAP

The Deadline for Applications

is

Friday, December 5, 2008 by 4:00pm

See application form at bottom of page!

Interested students who wish to be Music Majors should contact the Music Department of Santa Monica College, (310) 434-4323, and we will send you an application form. Applications for the Applied Program Auditions will be accepted through FRIDAY, December 5, 2008. You will then be contacted regarding your audition time.

We hope that you will give our new program serious consideration. If you have any other questions, please call the Music Chair, Prof. Rhoda Tuit directly at (310) 434-4802, and she will be happy to discuss them with you.

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ASSOCIATE IN ARTS DEGREE - Music Major (Minimum 39 Units)

The following courses are required:

Music 2, Musicianship (2)
Music 3, Musicianship (2)
Music 4, Musicianship (2)
Music 6, Diatonic Harmony (3)
Music 7, Chromatic Harmony (3)
Music 8, Modulation and Analysis (3)
Select 4 units from:
Music 60A, 60B, 60C, 60D, 61A, or 61B (Piano majors may be exempted by examination of the piano faculty)

For all other emphases:

12 units to be chosen from:

Music 10, 12, 13, 15, 19, 24, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39, 50A, 50B, 63, 65, 70A, 70B, 71, 72, 73A, 73B, 84A, 84B, 87A, or 87B

All Music Majors required to be in at least one performance ensemble course for 4 semesters, to be selected from:

Music 40, 42, 45, 52, 53, 55, 59, 64, 74, 76, 77 or 78

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ENTRY AUDITIONS FOR THE APPLIED MUSIC PROGRAM

Qualified students will be permitted to take Applied Music for credit during the Fall and Spring semesters at Santa Monica College. Auditions to qualify will take place at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters, as announced.

Each applicant will submit an application form and will be assigned an audition appointment time. Depending on the performance specialty, an accompanist is preferred, supplied by the applicant.

Each audition appointment will be scheduled for ten minutes. Instrumentalists should perform at least two selections of contrasting style or historical period. Vocalists should sing from the Classical repertoire and include one art song or aria in Italian. Pianists should perform one selection by Bach and two additional contrasting pieces. (Memorization is required for vocalists and pianists, but optional for others.) Composers should present two contrasting compositions in either a live performance or on a CD/cassette recording. They should also submit at least three copies of the full score to each work (no lead sheets, please). Jazz Vocalists should perform a classical art song, a slow jazz ballad, and an up-tempo jazz standard. Jazz Instrumentalists should perform a classical composition, a slow jazz ballad, and an up-tempo jazz standard.

A minimum of three Santa Monica College Music Faculty members will comprise the audition panel. More than three panelists may be present. The panel will discuss each audition, arrive at an immediate decision, and the applicant will be informed by mail. Accepted applicants will receive one hour of individual instruction each week of the semester from an approved instructor. Applicants will also sign up for a major performing ensemble, plus a class in concert music that meets twice weekly. A minimum of 5 hours of practice on campus each week is required of each student accepted into the program.

The Theory and Musicianship classes are not only required but are necessary to "keep afloat" in the music program! The Music History sequence (Music 30 and 31), while not required, is strongly recommended for any student planning to be a Music Major.

Acceptance into the Applied Music Major at Santa Monica College is based on the standard of acceptance into first and second-year applied lessons at area four-year music schools. These criteria will be judged by the faculty panel.