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California State University, Bakersfield
Music B.A.

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Music offers comprehensive training in performance, theory and history, all intended to prepare students for careers in professional music, teaching, or related fields. There are many opportunities for students to perform as soloists or in ensembles. The requirements are flexible enough to allow each student to specialize or generalize as appropriate, and there are two emphases, one in General Music with a focus on areas such as performance, composition, jazz or musicology and one in Music Education.

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