Overview

Program Description

The Center for Iberian and Latin American Music is located in the department and sponsors yearlyEncuentros/Encounters, conferences and concerts exploring a particular aspect of the Hispanic musical heritage. Previous Encounters have dealt with topics as diverse as the impact of Goya on Spanish musical nationalism around 1900, and music and politics in the Andes. In 2007, the focus will be on the transnational impact of Mexican sones. The Center also publishes an online journal, Diagonal.

However, the faculty’s interests extend to a wide range of subjects, including British music, especially Elgar and Vaughan Williams, critical musicology, and early music. Of special interest to our scholars is the intersection of music, politics, and culture in the formation of national identity in the twentieth century. Students in the Musicology program at the University of California, Riverside benefit from working with leading scholars in several areas of research, in both their own field and in ethnomusicology. They are encouraged to maintain and develop their skills as performers through participation in the department’s many ensembles, both Western and non-Western.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Music Bibliography

Proseminar in the Analysis of Western Music

Proseminar in Musicology

Directed Studies in the Teaching of Music

Seminar in Performance Practice

Seminar in Western Music History

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

48 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Riverside, United States

Disciplines

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Other requirements

General requirements

Students may apply for a terminal M.A. degree.

Students with a B.A. should follow the requirements for the M.A. for the first six quarters.

Though applicants must provide GRE General Test scores, scores for the music subject area are not required. All prospective students must submit an example of their writing.

Musicology students must have a degree in music, including piano proficiency and musicianship (ear training). Digital composition students must have an M.A. in music or undergraduate degree in music.

Entering graduate students in musicology must take an advisory examination. In musicology, admission to full graduate status is contingent upon the removal of any deficiencies in undergraduate preparation as shown by this advisory examination.

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24010 USD / year

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24010 USD / year

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8980 USD / year

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Living costs

Riverside

United States

1100 - 1600 USD / month

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