Undergraduate programs
The School of Music & Theater is located within the hub of musical and theatrical activity in the Pacific Northwest, only three blocks from the Portland Center for the Performing Arts. It maintains close ties to the Oregon Symphony, Portland Opera, Portland Jazz Orchestra, Portland Piano International, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Chamber Music Northwest, Oregon Repertory Singers, Artists Repertory Theater, Portland Center Stage, Milagro Theatre, and Third Rail Repertory Theater, among other organizations. Faculty and students alike interact with these performing organizations in various ways.
Students have the opportunity to study with faculty members who are internationally recognized performers, conductors, composers, actors, directors, writers, and scholars. Standards are high as students pursue the conservatory-like Bachelor of Music degree or the more general Bachelor of Arts or Science in Music or Theater. Graduates have consistently demonstrated their excellence in the fields of performance, conducting, composition, acting, writing, production, and scholarship. Many are leaders in music, theater, and education around the Northwest and elsewhere.
Programs in the School of Music & Theater are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and National Association of Schools of Theater. Graduates have gained admission to both university graduate programs and professional training programs; they have become teachers and university professors; and they have pursued a range of related professions in the arts, education, business, administration, law, social services, and non-profit management.
Sonic Arts and Music Production (SAMP) B.A./B.S.
Program Coordinator: A. Willette
Requirements
In addition to meeting the general University degree requirements, music majors seeking the B.A. or B.S. in Sonic Arts and Music Production must complete the following courses:
Courses
Two of the following (8 credits)
| Mus 301U | Survey of Music Literature I: Medieval to Classical Era | 4 |
| Mus 302U | Survey of Music Literature II: Romantic to Modern Era | 4 |
| Mus 355U | Jazz History | 4 |
| Mus 365U | Film Music | 4 |
| Mus 374U | World Music | 4 |
| Mus 375U | World Music | 4 |
| Mus 376U | American Musical Traditions | 4 |
| Mus 377U | World Music: Latin America and the Caribbean | 4 |
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| | Upper-division music electives to be chosen by student in consultation with an advisor. | 7 |
Interested students will submit two creative projects and a written statement of purpose for acceptance as a SAMP major after completing Contemporary Music Theory and Mus 247 or upon transferring to PSU with equivalent coursework.