Program Recognition
•AMDA is regionally accredited by WASC
Training
•BFA training blends contemporary vocal technique, songwriting, audio and video production, and instrumental studies
•Foundational curriculum includes individual voice, audio recording production, music fundamentals, commercial music appreciation, and vocal health
•Students explore fully realized vocal recordings across pop, R&B, country, soul, rock, gospel, hip-hop, folk, Latin, alternative, and related styles
•Audio engineering, video editing, and songwriting coursework support self-produced commercial music work
•Students develop harmonies, arrangements, vocal improvisation, and contemporary rhythm-band skills
Performance & Productions
•Access to AMDA mainstage production opportunities
•Culminates in a commercial music concert and vocal performance capstone project
•Catalog lists 120 required credits
Location
•Offered on AMDA's Los Angeles campus
•Recording-studio work begins early in the program with professional musicians and custom tracks
Degree Flexibility
•Accelerated option can allow degree completion in as few as 2.5 years
