Composition (BFA, MFA)
- Experimental Sound Practices (MFA)
Performer/Composer Program (BFA, MFA)
- African American Improvisational Music (MFA)
Jazz Studies (BFA, MFA)
Multi-Focus Performance (BFA, MFA)
- Brass
- Guitar
- Harp
- Piano/Keyboard (BFA, MFA), Collaborative Keyboard (MFA)
- Percussion/World Percussion
- Strings
- Voice
- Winds
Multi-Focus Music Technologies Program (BFA)
Musical Arts Program (BFA)
World Music Performance Program (BFA, MFA)
- African Music and Dance (MFA)
- Balinese and Javanese Music and Dance (MFA)
- North Indian Music (MFA)
The School of Music at California Institute of the Arts offers programs for the professional training of music artists in a unique learning environment founded on principles of artistic excellence, experimentation, critical reflection and independent inquiry. Firmly grounded in traditional and contemporary music forms, the school's programs prepare graduates to develop new expressions and contribute to the evolution of music practice.