Bachelor’s degree · BM / BMus
Bachelor of Music (BM)
University of California, Santa Barbara · UC Santa Barbara Department of Music · Santa Barbara, California, United States
- Official award
- Bachelor of MusicBM
- Subject
- Music PerformanceComposition (concentration)Instrument pathways: Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Professional performance/composition degree entered by audition, with emphases in cello, composition, piano, viola, violin and voice; requires ensembles, jury exams and public junior and senior recitals.
- Department
- UC Santa Barbara Department of Music
- 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 MusicBM
- 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. | “The Bachelor of Music degree is a professional degree, open by entrance audition.”Source |
| Composition | Official concentrationA formally named concentration, track or emphasis of a broader degree, confirmed on an official page. | CompositionApplicants apply to this pathway“UC Santa Barbara offers the following BM emphases : Cello , Composition , Piano , Viola , Violin , and Voice .”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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cello | 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. | Cello“UC Santa Barbara offers the following BM emphases : Cello , Composition , Piano , Viola , Violin , and Voice .”Source |
| 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“UC Santa Barbara offers the following BM emphases : Cello , Composition , Piano , Viola , Violin , and Voice .”Source |
| Viola | 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. | Viola“UC Santa Barbara offers the following BM emphases : Cello , Composition , Piano , Viola , Violin , and Voice .”Source |
| Violin | 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. | Violin“UC Santa Barbara offers the following BM emphases : Cello , Composition , Piano , Viola , Violin , and Voice .”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 junior and senior recitals required
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- UC Santa Barbara campus
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
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, 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)