Students have the opportunity to perform in a variety of instrumental ensembles such as the Symphonic Band, a large non-auditioned group open to any student who is enrolled in the University. This ensemble prepares a standard repertoire which is performed in concert every quarter. Both ensembles typically tour during the year and have performed throughout the West. The Music Department has extensive facilities including rehearsal studios, electronic music laboratories, electronically equipped classrooms, choral and instrumental rehearsal halls, individual practice rooms, use of the new Harriet and Charles Luckman Fine Arts Complex, and a music listening room with a library of more than 11,000 recordings and scores. The University Library houses another large collection of books and scores.
Musical instruments are available for loan to students in music programs.
Private lessons are funded by the state for those students who are enrolled in the University and participate in a major ensemble. Scholarships and grants available through the department and University make it possible for qualified students to receive assistance in covering the cost of their education. The campus is located on a 175-acre hilltop at the interchange of the San Bernardino and Long Beach freeways at the western end of the San Gabriel Valley, about five miles east of the Los Angeles Civic Center. The General Catalog and Schedule of Classes are available for purchase from the University Bookstore in the University-Student Union. Cal State L.A. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, disabled veteran's or Vietnam Era veteran's status, or any other classification that precludes a person from consideration as an individual.