The Music Department introduces a student to the role of music in today’s world, helps form personal goals, and provides the discipline, skills and knowledge to accomplish those goals. The program develops musical skills, encourages creativity, and cultivates vision for the future. The University’s polytechnic emphasis also provides an excellent opportunity to explore music in conjunction with a wide range of other fields. Graduates are prepared to begin specialized study at the graduate level and to enter a wide variety of professional careers. The department offers a wide range of elective courses which allow the student to specialize to some extent within a liberal arts degree.
Modified from music.calpoly.edu
Senior Projects from 2011
Kurt Gramckow: Guitar, Kurt Gramckow
Theresa Riforgiate, Soprano: A Senior Recital in Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts in Music, Theresa Riforgiate
Patricia Rosas, Mezzo Soprano, Patricia Rosas
Michelle Schwartz Soprano, Michelle Schwartz
Jews, Jazz, and Jingoism: Music Under the Nazi Regime, Aimee Ware
Jonathan Withem, Percussion, Jonathan Withem
Senior Projects from 2010
Scott Charvet, percussion, Scott Charvet
Madonna, Christina Clifford
Rory Fratkin, Baritone, Rory Fratkin
Christopher Henderson, euphonium, Christopher Henderson
From "Plucked" to "Struck": The Evolution of the Pianoforte and its Music, Emma Lucia Levine
James Martinez, Piano, James Philip Martinez
Katelyn Neumann Mezzo-Soprano, Katelyn Neumann
Karlie Saenz- Mezzo soprano Senior Recital, Karlie E. Saenz
The Lied of Five German Composers, Whitney Laine Westbrook
Courtney Wolfe, Timpani, Courtney Wolfe
Paula Womble, Piano, Paula Womble
Senior Projects from 2009
Manuel de Sumaya's "En Maria la Gracia": A Choral Villancico from Eighteenth-Century Mexico, J. Spud Schroeder