	DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY Undergraduate Admissions
Home Program Overview Admissions Policies & Procedures Supplemental Materials Audition and Interview Process Financial Support Resources FAQs Contact Us	OVERVIEW: World Music and Jazz Studies Concentrations Ethnomusicology involves the study of all kinds of music from all over the world, using a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The Department of Ethnomusicology offers courses that cover the music of virtually every region of the world and of many ethnic groups in the U.S., as well as courses on jazz, popular music, and film music. Most courses combine an interest in music as an art form with questions about how musical art and practice relate to other aspects of culture, society, politics, and economics. Courses are also given on the philosophy and aesthetics of music and the study of music perception and cognition using experimental methods. In addition to academic courses, the department offers performance ensemble courses in jazz and several world and American music traditions. The undergraduate major in Ethnomusicology is offered with two concentrations: one in jazz studies and one in world music with emphases in general world music, performance composition, public ethnomusicology, and scholarly research. Admissions requires an audition/interview. The major provides students with a wide-ranging liberal arts education in music. At its core, this includes (1) comprehensive knowledge of music cultures of the world, (2) understanding of the interrelationship of music, society, and culture, (3) grounding in the basics of Western music theory and musicianship, and (4) the experience of playing in one or several musical ensembles from various traditions around the world. The concentration in jazz studies seeks to produce students who emerge as outstanding and well-rounded jazz musicians with a strong academic foundation, and to prepare students to enter professional careers in the music world, as well as graduate study in various aspects of music such as composition, arranging, film scoring, jazz performance, research, and teaching. Beyond the core and emphasis requirements, students in the world music concentration may, through elective courses, prepare for a variety of career goals, including the study of ethnomusicology in graduate school, composing and performing music, working in the music industry, serving society in the nonprofit section, or becoming a K-12 music teacher. For more information about degree requirements go to: Undergraduate Program. TOP \| NEXT	"From the lofty achievement of virtuosos to the aesthestics of everyday life in communities worldwide, the arts are the most powerful symbol of our shared human heritage, the truest mirror of our cultural diversity, and a primary bellwether of our future." Christopher Waterman, Dean UCLA School of Arts and Architecture
	ETHNOMUSICOLOGY	UCLA	UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS OFFICE

DEPARTMENT OF ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

Undergraduate Admissions

OVERVIEW:

World Music and Jazz Studies Concentrations

Ethnomusicology involves the study of all kinds of music from all over the world, using a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The Department of Ethnomusicology offers courses that cover the music of virtually every region of the world and of many ethnic groups in the U.S., as well as courses on jazz, popular music, and film music. Most courses combine an interest in music as an art form with questions about how musical art and practice relate to other aspects of culture, society, politics, and economics. Courses are also given on the philosophy and aesthetics of music and the study of music perception and cognition using experimental methods. In addition to academic courses, the department offers performance ensemble courses in jazz and several world and American music traditions.

The undergraduate major in Ethnomusicology is offered with two concentrations: one in jazz studies and one in world music with emphases in general world music, performance composition, public ethnomusicology, and scholarly research. Admissions requires an audition/interview. The major provides students with a wide-ranging liberal arts education in music. At its core, this includes (1) comprehensive knowledge of music cultures of the world, (2) understanding of the interrelationship of music, society, and culture, (3) grounding in the basics of Western music theory and musicianship, and (4) the experience of playing in one or several musical ensembles from various traditions around the world.

The concentration in jazz studies seeks to produce students who emerge as outstanding and well-rounded jazz musicians with a strong academic foundation, and to prepare students to enter professional careers in the music world, as well as graduate study in various aspects of music such as composition, arranging, film scoring, jazz performance, research, and teaching.

Beyond the core and emphasis requirements, students in the world music concentration may, through elective courses, prepare for a variety of career goals, including the study of ethnomusicology in graduate school, composing and performing music, working in the music industry, serving society in the nonprofit section, or becoming a K-12 music teacher.

For more information about degree requirements go to: Undergraduate Program.

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"From the lofty achievement of virtuosos to the aesthestics of everyday life in communities worldwide, the arts are the most powerful symbol of our shared human heritage, the truest mirror of our cultural diversity, and a primary bellwether of our future."

Christopher Waterman, Dean

UCLA School of Arts and Architecture

ETHNOMUSICOLOGY

UCLA

UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS OFFICE