Mission Statement of the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music

The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music offers a comprehensive program with a performance-orientation which seeks to educate students to carry on the vital traditions of our diverse musical cultures through creative performance, education, composition, scholarship and community service. Its faculty strives to produce students who share the excitement of music as an art, who possess the wisdom to appreciate and the courage to defend the highest artistic ideals, and who bring, with skill and dedication, the finest in music to the people in their communities.

Goals

1. To train students who are able to perform at a professional level, successfully compete in the professional fields of music and who are prepared for advanced collegiate study in music
2. To provide for the development of music educators who will perpetuate the finest musical traditions in a highly diverse community
3. To foster intellectual as well as creative expressions through research and musical scholarship
4. To educate general students in ways which enrich, enlighten and encourage the development of their musical expression and appreciation
5. To produce concerts and other musical events of the highest quality for CSULB and the greater Long Beach communities
6. To provide an environment which encourages and supports faculty development through research and creative activity
7. To assist in the cultivation of arts audiences of the future

Objectives

1. To increase undergraduate and graduate enrollments to levels determined in 1996 planning process
2. To improve overall performance quality of incoming students through recruiting and higher audition standards
3. To revise the Bachelor of Arts degree so that it better serves the needs of our highly diverse student population and conforms to NASM standards
4. To increase the visibility and influence of the department in the community
5. To establish a heightened development effort in support of the Opera Institute – including fund-raising for a new Opera House in the music complex, 16 opera scholarships and an endowed chair in Opera Studies for a Director.

Student Learning Outcomes

Jump to: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Master of Arts in Music, Master of Music

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Undergraduate

I. Bachelor of Arts

1. Knowledge of Theory and sight-reading ability
2. Knowledge of music history and repertoire
3. Knowledge of musical styles
4. Performance ability on primary instrument or voice
5. *Research skills (BA and BM Music History only)

II. Bachelor of Music (include BA Outcomes above + Areas, see below)

1. Keyboard skills
2. Conducting skills
3. Improvisational skills
4. Compositional skills
5. Technology skills

Music Education

1. Knowledge of arranging techniques
2. Knowledge of music education methods, materials and repertoire
3. Knowledge of assessment techniques
4. Skill on secondary instruments and voice

Music Performance (Performance Option includes Jazz Studies)

1. Advanced performance skill in area of concentration
2. Knowledge of counterpoint
3. Knowledge of pedagogy (piano, vocal or instrumental)
4. Advanced knowledge of history and repertoire

Music History & Literature

1. Advanced knowledge of music history
2. Advanced knowledge of music literature
3. Knowledge of counterpoint
4. Languages
5. Knowledge of research methods

Music Theory and Composition

1. Advanced knowledge of Music Theory
2. Advanced knowledge of music composition
3. Knowledge of Counterpoint and Materials of Modern Music
4. Advanced musicianship skills
5. Advanced techniques in technology

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Graduate

I. Master of Arts in Music

Music Education

Candidates have advanced critical thinking and writing skills. Candidates have substantial knowledge of:

1. History and philosophies of music education
2. Music education learning theories
3. Current educational issues in the schools
4. Teaching methodologies and means of assessments
5. Multicultural issues and resources
6. Research skills and scholarship in the field
7. The use of technology as a teaching tool

Musicology

Candidates have advanced critical thinking and writing skills. Candidates have substantial knowledge of:

1. Modes and approaches to scholarly inquiry
2. Current issues in musicology
3. Publications in the discipline
4. Multicultural musics and resources
5. Research and evaluative skills
6. Use of technology in the classroom

Music Theory

Candidates have advanced critical thinking and writing skills. Candidates have substantial knowledge of:

1. Modes and theoretical approaches to music
2. Current issues in the field
3. Publications in the discipline
4. Cross-cultural theoretical skills
5. Research and evaluative skills
6. Teaching methodologies, including the use of technology

II. Master of Music

Composition

Candidates have in-depth understanding of:

1. Contemporary musical styles and techniques
2. Aesthetics of contemporary music
3. Notational practices in music
4. Use of technology as a compositional tool
5. Approaches to teaching theory/composition
6. Research and writing in the discipline

Conducting

Candidates have in-depth understanding of:

1. Diverse musical styles
2. Breadth of repertory in the field
3. Performance practice issues in the discipline
4. Aesthetic issues relating to performance
5. Cross-discipline issues in conducting
6. Research and writing in the discipline

Performance

Candidates have in-depth understanding of:

1. Diverse musical styles
2. Breadth of repertory in the field
3. Performance practice issues in the discipline
4. Aesthetic issues relating to performance
5. Pedagogical issues relating to the instrument. 6) research and writing in the discipline

Opera

Candidates have in-depth understanding of:

1. Diverse musical styles
2. Breadth of repertory in the field
3. Stage movement and acting
4. Aesthetic issues relating to performance
5. Pedagogical issues relating to the instrument
6. Research and writing in the discipline