Training
•Bullet: The degree prepares teachers for classroom (general) music, instrumental music (band, orchestra, and jazz ensembles), and choral/vocal music; students can elect a California Teaching Credential and finish the bachelor’s degree and the credential in four years
•Bullet: The school reports that in recent years 100 percent of students who earned the credential found employment upon graduation
•Bullet: Fourteen music education courses include Learning Approaches in Music Education, Comparative Study of Choral and of Instrumental Music Education, techniques courses for high and low strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and voice, Piano Skill in Classroom, and Introduction to Conducting
•Bullet: Faculty include Lily Chen-Hafteck (professor of music education) and Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen (assistant professor of music education), with lecturers Rob Dietz, Kaii Lee and Brendan McBrien
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Majors take studio lessons in their primary instrument or voice (12 units of Instrumental Studio or 15 units of Voice Studio, then 4 or 5 units of advanced study) and 18 units of large conducted ensembles, including UCLA Chorale, Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, and Marching and Varsity Bands
•Bullet: A public recital in the primary performance area (2 units) can be scheduled as early as the fall quarter of the junior year; the capstone is an electronic portfolio demonstrating mastery of the program learning outcomes
