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Country:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
State:
CALIFORNIA
City:
OAKLAND
Street Address:
3500 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, California 94619, USA
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Program:
Undergraduate programs
Details:
Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Music combined with other subjects. Studies in music history topics, theory, aural skills. Bachelor of Music. Four years. Majors in music education (with choral and instrumental conducting), performance, piano pedagogy, music technology.
Program:
Graduate program
Details:
Master of Music. In performance, choral and instrumental conducting, world percussion performance, vocal or piano pedagogy, music education. Doctor of Philosophy.
Program:
Certificate programs
Details:
Graduate Certificate: • in Conducting. • in Piano or Vocal Pedagogy. • in Performance. Kodály Specialist Certificate. Kodály Summer Certificate.
Institution Notes:
A private Catholic liberal arts university, founded in 1868 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. The music department, housed in the Kennedy Arts Center, specialises in performance, piano pedagogy and in Kodály philosophy and method. The Kodály Centre holds the American Folk Song Collection and has facilities for locating folk song resources, printing copies, listening to field recordings and for viewing short films on the history, philosophy and teaching applications of the the work of Zoltan Kodály. A preparatory music department offers instruction in performance and theory to interested children and adults, at the same time offering pedagogy experience for college students. There is an extensive summer program of teacher training using the Kodály approach. The library holds a significant collection of folk song transcriptions and recordings.
Last Updated:
October 2022