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Welcome to UC San Diego Music

Providing a unique environment where composers, performers, improvisers, computer-music researchers and scholars engage with the most vital ideas and newest technologies, students in the UC San Diego Department of Music work hand-in-hand with distinguished faculty to push the boundaries of contemporary music.

Undergraduate Course Information

Music Majors can choose a course track with an emphasis in Composition, Performance, Jazz, Technology and Literature. Non-majors can take courses if they satisfy prerequisites, and audition for ensembles.

Course Information

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A black background with professor Anthony Davis in the foreground. On the bottom right is a music note with the word SCHOTT.
May 2025

Anthony Davis and Schott Music Sign an Exclusive Worldwide Publishing Agreement

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An abstract decorative green background with a streak of white from right to left. On the bottom of the image says "Cauces Sónicos."
May 2025

Cauces Sónicos: Creative Music Making Across the Borderlands

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A artistic cartoonish drawing of a heavy-set king with an orange, cone shaped face, red nose, and wiggly smile. His white long hair is shaped like a hook, curving around his head with the end hanging above his head, holding up a dangling gold crown.
May 2025

Review of Mark Dresser's "In the Shadow of a Mad King"

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Upcoming Concerts & Events

Concerts & Events Calendar

View upcoming Department of Music concerts and events

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Watch Live

Watch livestreams of Department of Music concerts taking place in the Conrad Prebys Music Center.

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