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Welcome to the CSUN Music Department!

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We are looking forward to seeing you all this fall!  
 
​Please note that major instrumental ensembles hold auditions one week prior to the start of classes.
Please check your ensemble website for additional information.
 
New Music Student Orientation
Friday, August 26, 11 AM - Cypress Recital Hall
 
First Day of Classes
Monday, August 29 - First Day of Fall Classes
 
SPRING 2023 AUDITIONS (Transfers & Graduates Only)
*Music Therapy is not open for auditions this Spring*
 
Jazz Studies/Performance Pre-Screens are due SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
 
Video Audition Applications are due OCTOBER 8, 2022
 
If you wish to schedule a live audition, applications are due 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Live Auditions (all instruments EXCEPT Classical Guitar): October 8, 2022
Live Classical Guitar Auditions ONLY: October 15, 2022
  

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Highlights

Chamber Fest 2022

April 21, 2022

Chamber Fest 2022

The Department of Music at the Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communication presents the second edition of ChamberFest @ CSUN, a four-day festival that celebrates and explores the art of chamber music. Following the success of the inaugural festival in 2019, the first of its kind for the college, this year’s event is again comprised of a series of performances and masterclasses by a group of celebrated world-class chamber musicians, bringing together our city of Los Angeles and all of Southern California. Read more

Dreamers Win Big at Grammys

April 3, 2019

Rodrigo Moreno

“It was pretty incredible,” Moreno said. “I was taken aback by the whole thing. It was absolutely phenomenal seeing all these wonderful people I look up to.” Read more

Read all the news

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Department Vision

The California State University Northridge Music Department is committed to:

  • providing nationally recognized training in music leading to a wide variety of professional careers and entrepreneurship in performance, composition, teaching, therapy, and business
  • inspiring the highest level of creative activity and scholarship in advancing an understanding of the musical arts and their importance in every society.
  • promoting the development of strong ethical behavior based on honesty, respect for all people and cultures, service to local community and strong advocacy for the arts.

Contact

Department Office:
Cypress Hall 116
(Campus Map - D1 )

Department Chair:
Dr. John Roscigno
john.roscigno@csun.edu 

18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8314

Hours:
Monday - Friday 
8am to 5pm

Phone:
(818)-677-3181
FAX-677-6828

General Info: music@csun.edu

Undergraduate Info: 
nicole.hovland@csun.edu

Graduate Info:
steve.thachuk@csun.edu

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To Buy Tickets

The A.S. Ticket Office is located directly across from Subway in the University Student Union (USU). The A.S. Ticket Office offers ticketing services for nearly all campus events, from athletics and comedy to theater, music and more. Discounted tickets to local movie theaters and theme parks are also available. Stop by the A.S. Ticket Office, or call (818)-677-2488 for more information. 

To purchase tickets to Music Department events at The Soraya, please call (818)-677-3000.  The Soraya Ticket Office is open Tuesday-Sunday, 11AM - 4PM.

Parking

Daily Parking Permits are $8.  They may be purchased from a parking permit dispenser (available in each student/visitor parking lot) or from an attendant in one of the Information Booths.  Both the parking permit dispensers and Information Booths accept cash, Visa and MasterCard. See the Campus Map for directions.

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