Enrollment Options

Departmental Policy

The SMC Music Department would like for all participants in all ensembles to be enrolled as students. However, due to state law, there is a limit of four times a student may be enrolled in an ensemble or a family of ensembles. As such, you may only enroll in Jazz Vocal Ensemble 4 semesters and you may only enroll in either Concert Chorale or Chamber Choir a total of 4 semesters between the two ensembles. This limit has resulted in the Community Education Department very generously partnering with us to allow for those who have maxed out their number of enrollments for an ensemble to still participate in the ensemble as a "Community Member."

According to departmental policy, all ensemble participants MUST max out their 4 enrollments in an ensemble or family of ensembles before they are to use the status of "Community Member." Exceptions are rare and must be approved in writing by the ensemble director each semester. Furthermore, "Community Members" are expected to take the course as a regular student and to achieve to the same standard as an enrolled student.

Within the framework of this policy, below are the processes for enrolling in any of our classes.

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Enrolling as a Student

To participate in an ensemble as a student, you will first need to apply and be accepted to Santa Monica College. This may take anywhere from 2 to 7 days to process.
Once you have received your acceptance, login and password, and email, gather the course and section number of the ensemble you wish to participate in from the Choosing a Choir page and proceed to Corsair Connect to enroll in the class.
If you are trying to register after the first day of class, you may need an authorization from the instructor. Email them to request it.

Joining as a "Community Member"

Warning: Please do NOT reach out to Admissions or ANY other department regarding joining as a "Community Member." The only point of contact you should have about this process is with the director of your ensemble. Honoring this process will allow for us to sustain allowing "Community Members" participate in our ensembles, and we like that!

To participate in an ensemble as a "Community Member," please download and fill out the form and email it to commed@smc.edu no later than August 31, 2021.

To fill out and submit the form, you have 2 options:

Print it out. Fill it out by hand. Then scan your completed form as a PDF and attach it to the email for submission.
Download the file. Fill out the fields as prompted. "Save As" to your own computer. Then attach that file to your email submission.

When filling out the form, double check that:

The personal information at the top matches the credit/debit card information underneath.
The credit/debit card number and information is accurate and valid.
For "Class" that you indicate on that line all of the following information, which you can view on the Choosing a Choir page:
- name of the course,
- the course number, and
- the section number.
The amount is $30.00.

Special Considerations Due to COVID-19:

DO NOT MAIL YOUR FORM, even though it says to do so. Email it, please.
Since the Community Education Department's staff may be working from home, they do not have work phones to be able to verify illegible information or to follow up on credit card information that is not current and validPlease be proactive in writing legibly AND having current valid information on the form.