Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
B.Mus. in Music
University of California, Irvine · UC Irvine Department of Music · Irvine, California, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of MusicB.Mus.
- Subject
- Music PerformanceOpera and Vocal Studies (concentration)Instrument pathways: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Pre-professional Western classical performance degree with piano, vocal arts and strings specializations; weekly private instruction, juries and a public senior recital.
- Department
- UC Irvine Department of Music
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
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- Official award
- Bachelor of MusicB.Mus.
- Award family
- BM / BMusA Bachelor of Music or BMus, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “provides pre-professional training in Western classical music performance”Source |
| Opera and Vocal Studies | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | Vocal artsApplicants apply to this pathway“Three B.Mus. specializations are offered: piano, vocal arts, and strings (violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass).”Source |
Instrument and voice pathways
This is ONE program with the verified pathways below, not a separate degree per instrument. A pathway is listed only where an official page names the instrument in the title, as a major or as a formal principal-study option.
| Instrument | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Piano | Formal principal-study pathwayThe instrument is a formal principal-study option of the program, confirmed on an official page. Private lessons alone do not make a degree pathway. | Piano“Three B.Mus. specializations are offered: piano, vocal arts, and strings (violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass).”Source |
| Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass | Formal principal-study pathwayThe instrument is a formal principal-study option of the program, confirmed on an official page. Private lessons alone do not make a degree pathway. | Strings“Three B.Mus. specializations are offered: piano, vocal arts, and strings (violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass).”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Recitals
- Public solo senior recital; vocal arts and strings students also present a junior recital
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- UC Irvine campus (Music and Media building)
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
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Deadlines
- First-round prescreen video due December 11, 2026 · Fall 2027
Fees and costs
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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, accreditation or validation record.
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)