The Department of Music at Santa Clara University provides an intellectual and stimulating artistic environment fostering individual expression and creativity through the study of music and musical performance.
About Our Program
The Department of Music offers a degree program leading to the bachelor of arts in music as well as a minor in music. A minor in musical theatre is available in conjunction with the Department of Theatre and Dance. The Department of Music's curriculum is designed to provide students of diverse backgrounds with the skills necessary to comprehend, perform, and appreciate music's role in human history and its power to enhance the lives of all people. Because individual study and performance is essential to the expression and acquisition of music as a language and art form, private instruction and membership in all departmental music ensembles is available to all Santa Clara students.
Ensembles
Faculty & Staff
Tell Me Something New: A Life of Musical DiscoveryProfessor Teresa McCollough celebrates 35 years at Santa Clara University and reflects on the path she has forged as a professional pianist, teacher, and advocate of new music.
News & Events
- Composer Nicolás Lell Benavides ’10 reflects on how Santa Clara mentorship shaped his work
His return to campus for the Sinatra Series marks a full-circle moment of performing and teaching at the place where he began his classical music journey.
Our Stories
"... incredible tenor renderings seem to catalog the history of the tenor sax, invoking shades of Lester Young and Dexter Gordon..." -- All About Jazz
Shenshen Zhang plays pipa in the orchestra of 'The Monkey King' by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang, a spectacular new opera which premiered at San Francisco Opera in November.
Chamber Singers
Concert Choir
Jazz Ensemble
Jazz Combo
New Music Ensemble
Orchestra
Wind Ensemble
