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BM Music Composition

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BM Music Composition

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BM Music Education

Choral

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BM Music Education

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BM Music Performance

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BM Music Performance

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BM Music Performance

Strings

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BM Music Performance

Voice

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BM Music Performance

Woodwinds

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BA Music

Music Studies

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BM Music Therapy

Music Therapy

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BM Jazz Studies

Jazz Performance

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BM Jazz Studies

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BM Jazz Studies

Jazz Studies Honors

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BM Music History

Music History

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BM Music Management

Music Management

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BS Music Industry Studies

Music Industry Studies

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Program Recognition

•NASM accredited since 1928

•Exclusively undergraduate conservatory with abundant personal attention

Training

•One-on-one composition lessons with faculty composers

•Write for solo instruments, small ensembles, voice, chorus, percussion, digital media, orchestra, and band

•Specialized study in orchestration, contemporary performance techniques, electronic music, and film scoring

•Electives in media/film/game scoring, popular songwriting, music business, and a professional recording studio

Notable Alumni

•Graduates have earned Emmy Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, and Fulbright Grants

•Yoshiaki Onishi '04 (2018 Guggenheim Fellowship); Larry Groupe '79 (Emmy-winning film/TV composer); Rosalie Burrell '10 (performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center)

Academic info

Snapshot

3.62

Avg GPA (W)

71%

Admit Rate

school-wide

69%

Grad Rate

3.2K

Enrollment

$78K

Earnings

10yr after

Costs & Aid

Scorecard Average Net Price

$25,447

Scorecard data, after aid

Official Tuition & Fees

$60,760

2026-2027, Undergraduate full-time Stockton tuition and required fees for all schools and colleges, before aid

Average net price reflects the grants and scholarships most students receive.

$0-30k$17,004

$30-48k$18,152

$48-75k$19,209

$75-110k$24,323

$110k+$38,662

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Program Highlights

Program Recognition

•NASM accredited since 1928

•Exclusively undergraduate conservatory with abundant personal attention

Training

•One-on-one composition lessons with faculty composers

•Write for solo instruments, small ensembles, voice, chorus, percussion, digital media, orchestra, and band

•Specialized study in orchestration, contemporary performance techniques, electronic music, and film scoring

•Electives in media/film/game scoring, popular songwriting, music business, and a professional recording studio

Notable Alumni

•Graduates have earned Emmy Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, and Fulbright Grants

•Yoshiaki Onishi '04 (2018 Guggenheim Fellowship); Larry Groupe '79 (Emmy-winning film/TV composer); Rosalie Burrell '10 (performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center)

Program Highlights

Program Recognition

•NASM accredited since 1928

•Exclusively undergraduate conservatory with abundant personal attention

Training

•One-on-one composition lessons with faculty composers

•Write for solo instruments, small ensembles, voice, chorus, percussion, digital media, orchestra, and band

•Specialized study in orchestration, contemporary performance techniques, electronic music, and film scoring

•Electives in media/film/game scoring, popular songwriting, music business, and a professional recording studio

Notable Alumni

•Graduates have earned Emmy Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, and Fulbright Grants

•Yoshiaki Onishi '04 (2018 Guggenheim Fellowship); Larry Groupe '79 (Emmy-winning film/TV composer); Rosalie Burrell '10 (performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center)

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Deadline

Early ActionNov 15, 2025

Regular DecisionJan 15, 2026

Prescreen Requirements

Portfolio

•Submit at least two original compositions in any musical style

•Send notated scores (PDF) where available

•Send audio files of the works (live recordings preferred; MIDI/digital realizations acceptable if no recording exists)

•Submit directly to the Program Director (Andrew Conklin) by email

Interview

•Composition applicants meet/interview with composition faculty as part of review

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Application Logistics

•Apply via Common App or the Pacific application

•Submit the composition portfolio directly to the Program Director by email

•No separate audition portal required

Placement & Continuation

•Admitted students complete music theory and aural-skills placement at orientation — for course placement only, not admission

•An end-of-year advisory portfolio review and an upper-division review at the end of the second year govern continuation in the major (not admission)

Eligibility

•Fall enrollment

•Undergraduate program

What's The Process

Review Format

•Admission is by portfolio review and faculty interview rather than a performance audition

•In-person interview strongly encouraged; video-recorded materials accepted in some cases

•Schedule opens in December after application submission

Process

•Apply to University of the Pacific

•Complete the conservatory questionnaire (received by email after application)

•Submit the composition portfolio directly to Program Director Andrew Conklin

•Some applicants also complete a primary-instrument placement audition for applied lessons (course placement, not admission)

Contact

•Program Director Andrew Conklin, aconklin@pacific.edu

Scholarship Info

Music Merit Scholarships

•Awarded based on audition performance

•Over 3 million in combined academic and music merit scholarships awarded annually

•Powell Scholars applicants must audition by January 24, 2026

Academic info

Snapshot

3.62

Avg GPA (W)

71%

Admit Rate

school-wide

69%

Grad Rate

3.2K

Enrollment

$78K

Earnings

10yr after

Costs & Aid

Scorecard Average Net Price

$25,447

Scorecard data, after aid

Official Tuition & Fees

$60,760

2026-2027, Undergraduate full-time Stockton tuition and required fees for all schools and colleges, before aid

Average net price reflects the grants and scholarships most students receive.

$0-30k$17,004

$30-48k$18,152

$48-75k$19,209

$75-110k$24,323

$110k+$38,662

View official cost source

Program Recognition

•NASM accredited since 1928

•Exclusively undergraduate conservatory with abundant personal attention

Training

•One-on-one composition lessons with faculty composers

•Write for solo instruments, small ensembles, voice, chorus, percussion, digital media, orchestra, and band

•Specialized study in orchestration, contemporary performance techniques, electronic music, and film scoring

•Electives in media/film/game scoring, popular songwriting, music business, and a professional recording studio

Notable Alumni

•Graduates have earned Emmy Awards, Guggenheim Fellowships, and Fulbright Grants

•Yoshiaki Onishi '04 (2018 Guggenheim Fellowship); Larry Groupe '79 (Emmy-winning film/TV composer); Rosalie Burrell '10 (performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center)

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