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Bachelor of Musical Arts in Performance, Strings

Application Deadline for Fall 2026 - December 1, 2025

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Designed for students who want the flexibility to pursue more coursework within the liberal arts in addition to an education in music. This is an interdisciplinary degree with a larger commitment to liberal arts.

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Curriculum

The Bachelor of Musical Arts in Performance: Strings requires a minimum of 120 credits: coursework is approximately 50% within SMTD and 50% within the liberal arts. The liberal arts coursework can be tailored to a student’s specific interests. Students will elect either a performance or multidisciplinary track. SMTD coursework to include:
Performance Track

  • Private lessons
  • Music Theory
  • Musicology
  • Ensemble participation: at least two terms of band, orchestra, or choir; two additional terms of any ensemble
  • Piano

Multidisciplinary Track

  • Private lessons
  • Music Theory
  • Musicology
  • Ensemble participation: four terms of at least two different ensembles
  • Piano
    Performing Arts Technology
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Degree requirements and term-by-term layout for current students.

BMA performance track
bma multidisciplinary track

Faculty


Eric Chin

Adjunct Clinical Instructor of Music

David Halen

Chair of Strings and Professor of Music
Violin

Yeonjin Kim

Assistant Professor (Pending Appointment – Fall 2026)
Cello, Strings

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