The popularity of music is-and always has been-a major cultural influence throughout the world. Music can speak to current trends and styles, or it can retell history. The performance/composition offers students core music principles, and train each musician to develop a unique style based on these principles.

The performance/composition emphasis offers courses in lyric diction, music arrangement and scoring, conducting, voice pedagogy and piano pedagogy.

This emphasis is designed for students with ambitions to pursue a career-or hobby-in music performance and/or composition.

REQUIRED COURSES (6 UNITS)
Select two of the following in consultation with the program director:

• MUS-230/231 Lyric Diction I/II (2, 2) (two semester course, required for voice majors)
• MUS-411 Scoring and Arranging (3)
• MUS-450 Conducting I (3)
• MUS-451 Conducting II (3)
• MUS-460 Vocal Pedagogy (2)
• MUS-461 Piano Pedagogy (2)

Select two of the following in consultation with the program director:

• MUS-230/231 Lyric Diction I/II (2, 2) (two semester course, required for voice majors)
• MUS-411 Scoring and Arranging (3)
• MUS-450 Conducting I (3)
• MUS-451 Conducting II (3)
• MUS-460 Vocal Pedagogy (2)
• MUS-461 Piano Pedagogy (2)