• Students work closely with prominent Artists-in-Residence who give concerts throughout their year-long tenure. Students will also have the chance to perform with UC Davis’s symphony orchestra, band, chorus, world music ensembles, and a variety of smaller ensembles. Department facilities include an extensive collection of historical and modern European musical instruments, non-western instruments, and an excellent CD and video library.
  • UC Davis music majors have become successful musical performers, conductors and teachers; others have found careers in various aspects of the music business such as recording or management. One teaches composition at Princeton, another conducts choirs at Pomona College, and two have sung with the New York City Opera. Still, others have blended the analytical and communication skills learned in their music classes with other talents, going on to careers in medicine, law, business, publishing, and advertising.