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Master of Music Options
Performance
Instrumental | Organ | Piano | Voice
Master of Arts Option
About the Application Process
For information on the graduate application process download the Graduate Studies Handbook.
Graduate Advisor
Dr. Julia Heinen
julia.heinen@csun.edu
CY204
(818) 677-3168
New Students
The Department of Music admits new students to the program every Fall and Spring semesters and offers a wide range of scholarships for both undergraduate and graduate students. All students are required to pass an entrance audition, and all undergraduate students must also complete a Musicianship and Keyboard placement exam. Here at CSUN Music Department, we offer several entrance audition dates throughout the calendar year, as well as scholarship auditions for incoming freshman and transfer students during the Spring semester auditions.
For more information, please download the Prospective Music Student Handbook (in PDF format), or visit the CSUN Prospective Students/Parents Page.
ALL APPLICANTS TO THE MUSIC PROGRAM ARE REQUIRED TO:
Meet all eligibility requirements for admission to California State University, Northridge either as a freshman or transfer student. Deadline for freshman applicants is November 30th.
Submit a Music Department audition/scholarship application (found under audition dates).
Successfully pass the performance entrance audition.
Take the musicianship and keyboard placement exams (tests are offered once per semester).
Meet with faculty area coordinators to discuss course selection.
MASTER OF MUSIC - Conducting
The Music Department at Cal State University Northridge offers the opportunity to study the art of conducting both choral and instrumental on the graduate level. Students in conducting continue studies in Music History and Music Theory. Students in choral conducting take classes in Choral Literature, Conducting lessons, and Seminars in Conducting and perform in and conduct major ensembles. In Instrumental Conducting, students take classes in Advanced Instrumental Conducting, Private Conducting Lessons, and play in and conduct major ensembles. Conducting students in both Choral and Instrumental Conducting can shoos from a wide variety of electives to enrich their educational experiences. Candidates in conducting will conduct public performances as part of their culminating experience and present an abstract of analysis of the works performed.
A wide variety of conducting experiences are made available to graduate students in conducting. Students may conduct works in ensemble performances, in concerto competition performances, chamber music groups, and opera performances.
Entrance Requirements
- Students who audition for the Master's program in conducting should have an undergraduate degree in music.
- Schedule an audition with the area advisor. The candidate will conduct a rehearsal.
- The audition may also include the demonstration of keyboard ability as well as sight reading skills.
- Candidates in Choral Conducting may have to demonstrate a reading ability in French, German, and Italian.
Advisor Contacts:
Choral Conducting:
Instrumental Conducting:
