Music Performance

If you’ve dreamed of attending music school or performing as a professional, our program can help you hone your skills as a performer and prepare you to transfer to a four-year institution. Areas of emphasis include choral, instrumental, guitar, and popular music performance.

Students at any Maricopa Community College may need to complete courses at more than one of our colleges.

SCC Program Description

The Music fine arts degree is designed for students planning to transfer to four-year colleges and universities with majors in the Fine/Performing Arts. The degree is designed to prepare students to meet selective admission criteria for programs, such as the Bachelor of Music, which may require an audition. Embedded areas of emphasis include choral, instrumental and guitar. 

Experiential Learning Opportunities

  • Performance opportunities
  • Conducting/Composing opportunities
  • Workshops with professional musicians as guest artists
  • Service Learning
  • Internships
  • Attend the Reno Jazz Festival and other performance/learning workshops

Course Format/Textbooks

Classes are offered in various formats: in-person, online, hybrid, day, evening, full-time and part-time.


 

Most of our courses use low-cost textbooks or no-cost material your instructors provide. General education courses may have textbooks that cost more.