Azusa Pacific University
Azusa CA 91702-7000At Azusa Pacific University, students flourish in an environment that supports musical excellence and artistic integrity firmly grounded in Christian faith. APU music students experience a unique blen more…
Biola University
La Miranda CA 60639-1000The Conservatory offers a comprehensive spectrum of undergraduate music programs. The Bachelor of Arts program allows students to study music while also taking a generous portion of liberal arts cours more…
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia CA 91355The School of Music at California Institute of the Arts offers programs for the professional training of music artists in a unique learning environment founded on principles of artistic excell more…
California State Polytechnic University
Pomona CA 91768The music department is proud to offer coursework leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. We have over 180 majors choosing career paths in music education, music industry studies, music perform more…
California State University, Fresno
Fresno CA 93740The Department of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. It has long been known for its excellence in music education, performance, and compositio more…
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach CA 90840The Department of Music offers a comprehensive program with a performance-orientation which seeks to educate students to carry on the vital traditions of our diverse musical cultures through creative more…
California State University, Northridge
Northridge CA 91330-8314Ranked in the top 25 accredited university programs in the nation, the Music Department at Cal State Northridge is known for superior teaching provided by 70 distinguished faculty and professional mus more…
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento CA 95819-6015As a student at California State University, Sacramento, you are an integral part of one of the top-ranked regional universities in the Western United States. Faculty and students come from across the more…
Claremont Community School of Music
Claremont CA 917111970four music teachers.a church basement.a school is born! This was the musical DNA that launched the Claremont Community School of Music. Noting the void created by cuts in public sc more…
Colburn School
Los Angeles CA 90012The Colburn School provides music, dance and drama training from the introductory to the advanced level to students from preschool to adult. For more than 50 years, the School has had an open enrollme more…
Colburn School of Performing Arts
Los Angeles CA 90012The Colburn School Conservatory of Music offers four programs: the Bachelor of Music in Performance degree, the Performance Diploma, the Artists Diploma, and the Professional Studies Certificate. The more…
Community Music Center
San Fransisco CA 94110Community Music Center (CMC) is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization founded in 1921 with the mission of making music accessible to all people, regardless of their financial status. more…
Community School of Music & Arts
Redlands CA 92373-0999The University of Redlands School of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and offers a conservatory approach in a liberal arts setting. more…
Crowden School
Berkeley CA 94702The Crowden School is a middle school for children in grades four through eight. We combine a rigorous academic curriculum with a distinguished chamber music program for students of strings, piano and more…
Thelonious Monk Institute
Los Angelas CA 90089-1102The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, a nonprofit education organization, was founded in 1986 by the Monk family along with the late Maria Fisher, an opera singer and lifelong devotee of music. Its m more…
Pacific Union College
Angwin CA 94508The Department of Music offers a two-year Associate of Science degree and two four-year curricula leading to the Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science degrees. Emphasis in the Bachelor of Music de more…
Pasadena Conservatory of Music
Pasadena CA 91106Incorporated on New Year’s Eve 1983, the Conservatory began its operations in space rented from a small church, with a faculty of eight, led by a volunteer administration. It has since grown to an est more…
Point Loma Nazarene University
San Diego CA 92106PLNU students and faculty are constantly performing for and interacting with the larger community. Our Concert Choir and Concert Band tour to churches and other venues within our region, Point Loma Si more…
San Francisco Conservatory
San Francisco CA 94122-4498As the oldest, major independent conservatory of music on the West Coast of the United States, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music offers a truly unique educational experience. Located in a sparkl more…
San Francisco State University
San Francisco CA 94132The music program at SFSU brings together professional classical performers, active jazz artists, and internationally recognized composers, historians, and music educators to provide a superb learning more…
Stanford CA 94305-3005The Department of Music was formally founded in 1947, but music has been an important facet of the University from its inception, when founder Jane Stanford encouraged sacred concerts in Memorial Chur more…
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San Rafael CA 94901Stringletter.com hosts a wide array of hand-picked guitar and strings instruction, repertoire, and reference books to keep your musical life inspired and fulfilled. To this end, we have many fine more…
Symphony Parnassus
San Francisco CASymphony Parnassus encompasses the talents of musicians from the Bay Area community. Originally called the UCSF Orchestra, it was founded in 1989 by Jonathan Davis, then a graduate student in Biophysi more…
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-5800The U C Berkeley Department of Music, established in 1905, is one of the oldest and most prominent in the country (See History, below). Here, the serious student, both undergraduate and graduate, can more…
University of California at Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara CA 93106-2014MAJORS, DEGREES, and CREDENTIALS Each of UCSB’s five schools offer graduate and/or undergraduate majors, degrees and credentials. These are listed below for each school. For more information, visit more…
University of Redlands – School of Music
Redlands CA 92373-0999The University of Redlands School of Music is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and offers a conservatory approach in a liberal arts setting. The Sc more…
University of Southern California
Los Angeles CA 90089Led by Dean Dr. Robert A. Cutietta, the USC Thornton School of Music brings together a stellar faculty chosen from a broad spectrum of the music profession and musically gifted students from around th more…
University of the Pacific – Conservatory of Music
Stockton CA 95211Through its nationally prominent programs in music, the Conservatory of Music at University of the Pacific, founded in 1878, has offered educational opportunities of the highest quality to students fr more…
Berkeley – Young Musicians Program
Berkeley CA 94720-1204The mission of the Young Musicians Program is to identify musically gifted students who cannot afford the specialized training essential for the development of their innate abilities, and to provide t more…
Alasdair Fraser’s Sierra Fiddle Camp
San Francisco CA 94122Sierra Fiddle Camp invites you to a week of intensive study, recreation, and good times with people who share an interest in the music and dance traditions of Scotland and beyond. In a beautiful sett more…
Arrowbear Music Camp
Running Springs CA 92382At Arrowbear we are proud to offer summer camp programs for youth of various ages who love to make music. We focus on creating a healthy, fun atmosphere for anyone who wants to come to the mountains a more…
California ASTA Summer Institute of Music
Venice CA 90291ALERT TO TEACHERS! As you know, California State Solo Competitions are held every year, while the National Solo Competitions are normally held every other year. This round however, is an exception. A more…
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California State University Summer Arts
Long Beach CA 90802-4210Summer Arts offers two-week long workshops in theatre, dance, music, visual arts, creative writing, new media, and arts education. All workshops carry three units of transferable undergraduate or gra more…
California Summer Music
San Francisco CA 94127CALIFORNIA SUMMER MUSIC offers an intensive musical experience with a small student to teacher ratio of seven to one. Through frequent private lessons and daily ensemble coaching, CSM’s world-class fa more…
Cazadero Performing Arts Camp
Berkeley CA 94707Cazadero Performing Arts Camp Youth Music program offers a summer program unlike any other. We offer four youth music sessions, carefully configured for age appropriate ability levels for grades 5-12 more…
Chamber Music Institute/ Southern California
Cerritos CA 90703The CMI/SC is a course of study which includes chamber music, composition and improvisation for string players of all ability levels and experience, ages 8 to 88 quality literature: from Haydn t more…
California Capitol Chamber Music Workshop
Sacramento CA 95819-6015As a student at California State University, Sacramento, you are an integral part of one of the top-ranked regional universities in the Western United States. Faculty and students come from across the more…
Fiddlekids
San Francisco CA 94117Now in its tenth year, fiddlekids is a unique, fun-filled summer day camp for children, devoted to traditional fiddle music. At fiddlekids, Appalachian, Celtic, bluegrass and other fiddle styles a more…
Humboldt State University
Altadena CA 91001The Bachelor of Arts degree program in Music at Humboldt State provides a basic understanding of the theory and history of music, performance opportunities in many styles and genres, and individual in more…
Idyllwild Arts High School – Summer Program
Idyllwild CA 92549If music is your life, you will want to study with the best. Idyllwild’s internationally recognized Music program prepares talented young musicians from around the world for a range of succe more…
Jazz Camp West
Oakland CA 94612Jazz CampWEST is an eight-day jazz immersion program for instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers held in the beautiful redwoods of La Honda in Northern California. The combination of workshops, person more…
La Jolla SummerFest
La Jolla CA 92037The La Jolla Music Society is heir to a distinguished tradition reaching back to the Musical Arts Society of La Jolla founded in 1941 by Nikolai Sokoloff – former conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. more…
Lark Camp world Music Song & Dance Celebration
Mendocino CA 95460Imagine idyllic days & nights in the magical redwood forest filled with all the music, dance, and good times you could possibly stand, and that’s kind of close to what Lark’s Music Celebration is lik more…
Music Academy of the West
Santa Babara CA 93108Situated on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Music Academy of the West enchants students and audiences alike with its lush surroundings and musical offerings. The campus occupies a garden es more…
Music@Menlo
Atherton CA 94027In 2007, Music@Menlo honors the timelessness of great music by bridging across generations of composers, from the Baroque era to modern times. A series of five concert programs, complemented by four a more…
Navarro River String Camp
Mendocino CA 95460Navarro River String Camp provides an opportunity for beginning and intermediate adult string players (violin, viola, and cello) to enjoy an intensive musical retreat in the redwoods of Mendocino Coun more…
San Diego Chamber Music Workshop
Bonita CA 91908-1407The workshop will be held at Scripps College in Claremont, California, located 30 miles east of Los Angeles. Claremont is a small picturesque town nestled at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains more…
San Francisco Early Music Society Baroque Music WorkShop
Berkeley CA 94703Music written hundreds of years ago can sound as fresh and alive today as when it was first heard. Lutes, recorders, sackbuts, baroque violins, harpsichords, and violas da gamba excite the senses now more…
Chamber Music Unbound
Mammoth Lakes CA 93546Studies have shown that learning an instrument promotes musical literacy, hones listening skills, inspires creative expression and creates a sense of historical context and belonging. In Mammoth Lakes more…
Stanford Jazz Workshop’s Jazz Camp
Stanford CA 94309Founded in 1972, Stanford Jazz Workshop (SJW) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to jazz education and appreciation. For more than three decades, SJW has been bringing the best jazz performers and more…
Summer Music West
San Francisco CA 94122-4498Summer Music West offers select programs for the young musician seeking a stimulating and supportive summer experience, based on the traditions of Conservatory training. SMW students will enjoy the ca more…
The Walden School Teacher Training Institute
San Francisco CA 94110The Walden School Teacher Training Institute offers professional development opportunities to help music educators sharpen their musicianship skills, enrich their teaching with imaginative activities, more…
University of Los Angeles – UCLA
Los Angeles CA 90095-1616The UCLA Department of Music offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in Classical Performance (both vocal and instrumental), Composition, and Music Education. Please visit our Student Services page more…
University of San Diego
San Diego CA 92110The Music Program offers an integrated study of music history, theory, composition and performance in a Liberal Arts environment. The professionally active faculty, student ensembles and guest artist more…
Alasdair Fraser’s Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School
San Francisco CA 94122The Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School in the northern California redwoods invites you to a week of intensive study, recreation, and good times with people who share an interest in the music more…
The Walden School – Young Musicians Program
San Francisco CA 94110The Walden School Young Musicians Program provides an unparalleled creative summer experience for musically inclined students ages 9 to 18. Part school, part camp, and part festival, the program conve more…
American River College
Sacramento CA 95841Applied music is individualized instruction for music majors. American River College has offered applied music for several years. Traditionally, our students have been responsible for payment to the more…
University of the Pacific – Brubeck Institute
Stockston CA 95211The Brubeck Institute was established by the University of the Pacific in 2000 to honor its distinguished alumni Dave and Iola Brubeck. The Institute is the realization of the Brubeck’s lifelong dedic more…
Cabrillo College
Aptos CA 95003The music curriculum provides a program for the student who wishes to (1) pursue an advanced degree in music, (2) become a professional musician, (3) prepare for a career in public school teaching, (4 more…
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo CA 93407The Bachelor of Arts in Music offered at Cal Poly introduces a student to the role of music in today’s world, helps form personal goals, and provides the discipline, skills and knowledge to accomplish more…
California State University at Bakersfield
Bakersfield CA 93311The Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Music offers comprehensive training in performance, theory and history, all intended to prepare students for careers in professional music, teaching, or rel more…
California State University at Fullerton
Fullerton CA 92834The Department of Music offers a thriving and dynamic spectrum of degree options from a minor in music to a variety of masters programs. Degree programs have been carefully developed to prepare stude more…
California State University at Los Angeles
Los Angeles CA 90032The Music Department of California State University, Los Angeles is committed to providing the most effective environment in which students are prepared artistically, intellectually and pragmatically more…
California State University at Monterey Bay
Seaside CA 93955Music and Performing Arts helps students prepare for careers as performance artists, recording technicians, and music teachers. Our goal is provide students with music and performing arts skills and k more…
California State University, Northridge-Department of Jazz Studies
Los Angeles CA 91330-8314The CSU Northridge jazz program has a national reputation for excellence, drawing students from all over the country to this region. That reputation was established in part when the A Jazz Band took more…
Columbia College
Sonora CA 95370Choose Columbia College whether you’re seeking a degree or vocational certificate, planning to transfer to a 4-year university, improving your occupational skills, or simply pursuing an interest or ho more…
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo CA 93401Cuesta College is a two-year community institution located in the heart of the Chorro Valley on the beautiful Central Coast of California. It is a fully accredited and premier community college which more…
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill CA 94523The Music Major Transfer Program is a comprehensive program of theory, literature and performance in which musicians complete lower-division requirements in preparation for transfer to four-year inst more…
Fresno City College
Fresno CA 93741Here is what we the FCC Music Department can offer you: An extensive lower division Music Major course of study, to enhance your entry into a university level program. Courses for the general more…
Harrison School of Music
Woodland Hills CA 91364We are your one-stop shop for contemporary music education. Mark Harrison’s acclaimed keyboard, theory and ear training books are used by musicians all around the world, and are endorsed by publicati more…
Home Recording Tips
Los Angeles CA 87351A free site dedicated to helping the beginner. Here you will find many helpful guides that can start you in the right direction on how to make quality recordings. We also have a large database more…
Jazzschool
Berkeley CA 94704The Jazzschool is an innovative music school dedicated to the study and performance of Americas indigenous art form jazz, and related styles of music from around the world. Founded in 1997, the more…
L.A. Music Academy
Pasadena CA 91105LA Music Academy is a small, intensive contemporary music education program. We were founded in 1996 by a number of prominent LA-based players who had also had significant experience providing practic more…
Laney College
Oakland CA 94607Courses in the Music Department are designed to fulfill the needs of music majors, professional musicians, and those whose interest is vocational or recreational. Students are encouraged to contact t more…
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg CA 94565The LMC Music program offers courses leading to an Associate in Arts Degree in Music, and a Certificate of Achievement in Music. There are dozens of career possibilities related to the areas of profes more…
Miraflores Academie
San Rafael CA 949401Based in the Bay Area Miraflores Music School, founded and directed by Marcia Migt, is a preeminent private school that has been the foundation for some of Marins best musical talent since 1988, as more…
Musicians Institute
Hollywood CA 90028Musicians Institute, in Hollywood, California, offers a comprehensive, hands-on education in contemporary music performance, recording, guitar making, music business and film. If youre serious about more…
Orange County High School of the Arts
Santa Ana CA 92701The mission of the Orange County High School of the Arts is to provide a creative, challenging, and nurturing environment that offers bright and talented students unparalleled preparation for higher e more…
San Bernadino Valley College
San Bernadino CA 92410The music department of San Bernardino Valley College has developed into one known thought the state for not only it’s musical excellence but for its personal interest in the individual student. A pri more…
San Diego State University
San Diego CA 92182-7902Music has ties to every human endeavor and contributes to our daily well-being throughout our lives. It marks the special events and adds a special dimension to the quality of our lives that cannot be more…
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton CA 95207-6370The Department of Music at San Joaquin Delta College provides the highest level of opportunity for students to pursue their educational goals. The faculty has devised a stimulating curriculum that ser more…
San Jose State University
San Jose CA 95192Founded in 1857, San Jose State is the longest standing public university in the West. We have been preparing professional performers, composers and music educators longer than any other school in Ca more…
Sierra College
Rocklin CA 95677The Music Department’s main concern is to develop a keen appreciation of all periods of music, involve the individual in the performing arts, and enhance the potential ability of each person to reach more…
Sierra Jazz Society
Nevada City CA 95959Sierra Jazz Society (SJS) is comprised of a group of talented, professional jazz musicians who converge in the Sierra Foothills to share their musical passion. These accomplished players provide music more…
Simpson College
Redding CA 96003Music at Simpson is widely recognized as offering a premier education for vocal, piano and instrumental students. We offer a program of instruction for students preparing to teach music, as well as f more…
Soka University – Jazz Monsters Concert
Aliso Viejo CA 92656Jazz Monsters Concert with the Roy McCurdy Quintet, Founders Hall 3rd Fl, 7 pm, $10 for adults, free for under 18. Tickets sold at the door. [email protected], 949.480.4081 more…
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park CA 94928A commitment to active involvement stands at the heart of the music curriculum. We value music of different cultures, ethnic groups, formal styles, and historical periods. Students and faculty are inv more…
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks CA 91360-2700Whether music is your life — or simply a treasured part of the life you hope to create — Cal Lutheran’s Music Department can provide the professional training and performance experienc more…
Ali Akbar College of Music
San Rafael CA 94901The Ali Akbar College of Music offers education in the classical music of North India at the highest professional level. Our primary instructors are the internationally recognized sarode Maestro Ali A more…
Westmont College
Santa Barbara CA 93108
The Music Department at Westmont is dedicated to the ser more…
Chapman University
Orange CA 92866
The mission of the Conservatory of Music at Chapman University is to provide an outstanding
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