General Catalog 2025-2026
School of Music
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About the School of Music
Matthew Darling, Chair
Music Building, Room 144
559.278.2654
https://cah.fresnostate.edu/music/
A major in music is designed to prepare students for careers in teaching, performance, or music-related fields. It enhances their knowledge of the musical art and increases their sensitivity to the musical world around them.
The School of Music provides the following:
- undergraduate instruction in music for those planning professional careers as performers, composers, and studio teachers, as well as those preparing for advanced degrees in performance and composition
- state-approved subject matter preparation required for a California teaching credential in music
- graduate education for students planning professional and academic careers or seeking professional growth as K-12 teachers or junior college instructors
- broad acquaintance with music for the community and nonmusic major
Degree programs accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music are offered: the Bachelor of Music, and the Master of Arts.
Facilities
The music building houses recital and concert facilities, rehearsal halls, classrooms, faculty studios, offices, and student practice rooms. The building also contains recording studios, computer labs, MIDI and electronic music labs, and a tracker-action organ.
ProgramsBachelorMasterCredentialPre-ProfessionalMinorCoursesMusic- MUSIC 112 - Advanced Flamenco Interpretation
- MUSIC 113 - Vocal Pedagogy
- MUSIC 114 - Accompanying II
- MUSIC 115 - Advance Guitar for the Classroom Teacher
- MUSIC 117BB - Bulldog Beat
- MUSIC 117BQ - Brass Quintet
- MUSIC 117CM - Chamber Music
- MUSIC 117JC - Jazz Combo
- MUSIC 117KE - Keyboard Ens
- MUSIC 117PQ - Pres Quintet
- MUSIC 118BW - Band Wrkshp
- MUSIC 118OPR - Opera Production
- MUSIC 118OT - Opera Theatre
- MUSIC 118PW - Percussion Wrksp
- MUSIC 118VW - Vocal Wrksp
- MUSIC 119 - Voice Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 120 - Class Piano Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 122A - String Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 124A - Woodwind Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 126 - Percussion Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 127A - Brass Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 129 - Reed Making
- MUSIC 130T - Cho Cond RF Skls
- MUSIC 130T - Kodaly: A Choral Component
- MUSIC 130T - Topics in Performance
- MUSIC 131 - Euphonium
- MUSIC 131 - Horn
- MUSIC 131 - Trombone
- MUSIC 131 - Trumpet
- MUSIC 131 - Tuba
- MUSIC 131J - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 132 - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 132J - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 133 - Contrabass
- MUSIC 133 - Guitar
- MUSIC 133 - Harp
- MUSIC 133 - Viola
- MUSIC 133 - Violin
- MUSIC 133 - Violoncello
- MUSIC 133J - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 134 - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 134J - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 135 - Bassoon
- MUSIC 135 - Clarinet
- MUSIC 135 - Flute
- MUSIC 135 - Oboe
- MUSIC 135 - Saxophone
- MUSIC 135J - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 138 - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 139 - Instrumental, Vocal, & Composition Lessons
- MUSIC 139J - Vocal Jazz
- MUSIC 140T - Topics in Theory
- MUSIC 141 - Seminar in Modal Counterpoint
- MUSIC 142 - Seminar in Canon and Fugue
- MUSIC 144 - Form and Analysis
- MUSIC 145 - Audio and Music for Visual Media
- MUSIC 146 - Composing for Media
- MUSIC 147 - Digital Music Production
- MUSIC 148 - Composition
- MUSIC 149 - Computer Music
- MUSIC 153 - Children’s Music
- MUSIC 154 - Music for the Elementary Classroom
- MUSIC 155 - Advanced Elementary Classroom Techniques
- MUSIC 158A - Advanced Instrumental Conducting
- MUSIC 158B - Advanced Choral Conducting
- MUSIC 159 - Marching Band Techniques
- MUSIC 160T - Topics in Music History and Literature
- MUSIC 160TZ - Monarchs: Market/Music 18th Century London
- MUSIC 161A - Survey of Western Art Music I
- MUSIC 161B - Survey of Western Art Music II
- MUSIC 162 - Jazz Pedagogy
- MUSIC 163 - Jazz History
- MUSIC 164 - Jazz Theory & Improvisation I
- MUSIC 165 - Jazz Theory Improvisation II
- MUSIC 166 - Piano Pedagogy
- MUSIC 167 - Keyboard Literature
- MUSIC 168 - Advanced Jazz Improvisation and Analysis
- MUSIC 169 - Instrumental Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 169L - Instrumental Lab Ensemble
- MUSIC 170A - Music of the Americas: Latin America
- MUSIC 170B - History of American Music
- MUSIC 171 - Introduction to the World’s Music
- MUSIC 171A - Global Music Perspectives
- MUSIC 171Z - Introduction to the World’s Music
- MUSIC 172 - Vocal Literature
- MUSIC 175T - Topics in Instrumental Pedagogy
- MUSIC 176T - Instrument Repertoire and Literature
- MUSIC 178 - Class Jazz Piano
- MUSIC 179 - Choral Techniques and Materials
- MUSIC 179L - Choral Techniques Lab
- MUSIC 180 - Children’s Choirs: Techniques and Literature
- MUSIC 181 - Jazz Composition & Arranging
- MUSIC 181A - Jazz Composition
- MUSIC 181B - Jazz Arranging
- MUSIC 182 - Basic Arranging
- MUSIC 183 - Advanced Choral Arranging
- MUSIC 184 - Advanced Instrumental Arranging
- MUSIC 184A - Orchestration for Winds and Percussion
- MUSIC 184B - Orchestration for String and the Symphony Orchestra
- MUSIC 185A - Lyric Diction I
- MUSIC 185B - Lyric Diction II
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