Applied, required each semester in the program (maximum of four enrollments each):
- Music 92: Applied Music Lessons (2 units), scheduled based on instructor and student
availability
- Music 94: Concert Music (1 unit), Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.
Enrollment in these courses will not be possible until an authorization code is emailed
to you at the start of each semester.
Musicianship and Theory/Harmony, required each semester in the program until Music 4 and Music 8 are completed:
- Music 1: Music Fundamentals (3 units) and Music 5: Musicianship (2 units)
- Music 2: Musicianship (2 units) and Music 6: Diatonic Harmony (3 units)
- Music 3: Musicianship (2 units) and Music 7: Chromatic Harmony (3 units)
- Music 4: Musicianship (2 units) and Music 8: Modulation and Analysis (3 units)
Please contact the program coordinators or the theory/musicianship faculty to determine
the appropriate starting level based on your previous training and experience.
Piano Classes:
- Music 60A, Elementary Piano-First Level (2 units)
- Music 60B, Elementary Piano-Second Level (2 units)
- Music 60C, Elementary Piano-Third Level (2 units)
- Music 60D, Elementary Piano-Fourth Level (2 units)
- Music 61A, Intermediate Piano-Fifth Level (2 units)
- Music 61B, Intermediate Piano-Sixth Level (2 units)
Advanced pianists may be exempted through examination by the piano faculty.
Please contact the program coordinators or the piano faculty to determine the appropriate
starting level based on your previous training and experience.
If the appropriate level of class piano is not offered, Music 64 is required instead.
Performance Ensembles, required each semester in the program:
Music 40, 42, 45, 52, 53, 55, 59, 64, 73B, 74, 77 or 78
Specific ensembles are required based on the student’s area of study in the program.
Contact the Applied Music Program coordinators for more information.
If a student is enrolled in Music 64 to satisfy the piano class requirement, that
class can not also fulfill the ensemble requirement for that semester.
- Sample Schedule (Fall or Spring)Units
- Applied Music Lessons (Music 92)2
- Concert Music Class (Music 94)1
- Musicianship & Theory (e.g., Music 2 & 6)2 + 3
- Piano Class (e.g., Music 60C)2
- Performance Ensemble (e.g., Music 74)2
- Total12
Juries
A performance/presentation for faculty (“jury”) is required at the end of each semester.
Jazz vocalists must include one classical piece. Please see the program coordinators
or the Concert Music Class syllabus for additional requirements by area of study.
Additional Information
- Following acceptance into the program, each student should inform the Applied Music
Program coordinator by email within thirty days to indicate their intention to matriculate
and enroll in the program.
- Program participants are required to spend at least five hours per week practicing
on campus.
- All required coursework classes must be completed by the end of the fourth semester
of the program.
- When a required course is offered, it may not be deferred without an approved exception.
- Dropping required courses during a semester will result in removal from the program.
- Following acceptance into the program, you may take a semester of “leave of absence”
(including what would be your first semester) without the need to re-audition to return
the following term. An applied student who takes more than a one-semester leave of
absence from the program will be required to re-audition in order to participate.
- Any applied student who takes more than a one-semester leave of absence from the applied
program will be required to re-audition in order to be readmitted.
- If a required course is not passed, the student may use the following semester to
retake and complete the course. During that semester of “probation,” the student may
not participate in Music 92 and Music 94. Only one probationary semester is permitted.
Earning a “D” or “F” in Music 92 or Music 94 results in permanent removal from the
program with no option for probation.
- You will be scheduled for a specified number of required performances during the semester
in Concert Music Class (Music 94).
- Your attendance, even if you are not performing, is required at the Applied Showcase
Concert and dress rehearsal each semester.
- It is not uncommon for Applied Music Program students to exceed the SMC standard per-semester
unit limit because of the numerous courses required for program participation. You
may need to contact or visit an academic counselor to receive a “unit extension” that
will allow you to enroll in all your classes.
Are you interested in majoring in music? Please consider the SMC Applied Music Program: a unique opportunity to study privately with reputable music faculty at Community
College tuition rates ($46.00 per unit for California residents). Program alumnx who
transfer may qualify for a transfer scholarship.