Bachelor’s degree · BA / BA (Hons)
Music, B.A.
Loyola Marymount University · Department of Music (College of Communication and Fine Arts) · Los Angeles, California, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in MusicBA
- Subject
- General Music StudiesConducting (concentration)Composition (concentration)
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Bachelor of Arts in Music in a liberal arts setting with concentrations including conducting, theory/composition, music history, world music/ethnomusicology, and instrumental and vocal studies; an applied audition is required for admission to the major.
- Department
- Department of Music (College of Communication and Fine Arts)
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Bachelor of Arts in MusicBA
- Award family
- BA / BA (Hons)A Bachelor of Arts, including BA (Hons). It is not relabelled as a Bachelor of Music.
- Qualification level
- Bachelor’s degree
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| General Music Studies | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Conducting | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Conducting concentrationHow students choose it is not published“Concentrations: Conducting (INCD or VOCD); Contemporary Styles & Practices (INSP or VOSP); Instrumental Studies (INIS); Music History/Literature (INMH or VOMH); Theory/Composition (INTC or VOTC); Vocal Studies (VOVS); World Music/Ethnomusicology (INWM or VOWM)”Source |
| Composition | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Theory/Composition concentrationHow students choose it is not published“Concentrations: Conducting (INCD or VOCD); Contemporary Styles & Practices (INSP or VOSP); Instrumental Studies (INIS); Music History/Literature (INMH or VOMH); Theory/Composition (INTC or VOTC); Vocal Studies (VOVS); World Music/Ethnomusicology (INWM or VOWM)”Source |
| Musicology and Music History | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Music History/Literature concentrationHow students choose it is not published“Concentrations: Conducting (INCD or VOCD); Contemporary Styles & Practices (INSP or VOSP); Instrumental Studies (INIS); Music History/Literature (INMH or VOMH); Theory/Composition (INTC or VOTC); Vocal Studies (VOVS); World Music/Ethnomusicology (INWM or VOWM)”Source |
| Ethnomusicology | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | World Music/Ethnomusicology concentrationHow students choose it is not published“Concentrations: Conducting (INCD or VOCD); Contemporary Styles & Practices (INSP or VOSP); Instrumental Studies (INIS); Music History/Literature (INMH or VOMH); Theory/Composition (INTC or VOTC); Vocal Studies (VOVS); World Music/Ethnomusicology (INWM or VOWM)”Source |
| Music Performance | Documented pathwayA program whose official page documents a pathway in this subject. | Instrumental Studies and Vocal Studies concentrationsHow students choose it is not published“Concentrations: Conducting (INCD or VOCD); Contemporary Styles & Practices (INSP or VOSP); Instrumental Studies (INIS); Music History/Literature (INMH or VOMH); Theory/Composition (INTC or VOTC); Vocal Studies (VOVS); World Music/Ethnomusicology (INWM or VOWM)”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
Stated by the schoolNational Association of Schools of MusicProgram accreditationUS
Scope: Loyola Marymount University and the Department of Music
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- LMU Westchester Main Campus (Department of Music)
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition required
- Audition details
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Official instructions
- Application instructions
Fees and costs
Original currency is authoritative. Each price keeps its basis (per year, per credit, whole program), academic year and student category, and is never converted. Annual tuition and whole-program tuition are different figures.
The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous degree is required.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)