Program Recognition
•The BM (Pre-Music Education Certification) prepares 21st-century PreK-12 music educators with both performance skills and teaching ability
•Faculty hold California teaching credentials and actively teach in local PreK-12 schools
Training
•Comprehensive curriculum in music theory, history, conducting, and performance with individualized instruction on each student's primary instrument or voice
•Training in Orff, Kodaly, band, orchestra, choir, general music, early childhood music, and world music pedagogy
•Early and ongoing classroom placements in local schools with credentialed mentor teachers
Performance & Productions
•Mariachi Panteras, a student-led ensemble mentored by music education faculty
•Performance opportunities across conservatory ensembles and the 1,044-seat Musco Center for the Arts
Professional Development
•Graduates transition directly into Chapman's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Music, earning a master's degree and California single-subject teaching credential in one year
•All program graduates have secured teaching positions, beginning their careers immediately after the credential
