The Computer Music Studio at Cal State L.A. offers beginning to advanced courses in music synthesis and offers students the opportunity to create and perform original works both in the studio and in a concert setting. The studio consists of state of the art MIDI work stations with Macintosh computers and multitrack recording capability. Opportunities exist for students to work with the jazz ensembles as well as to collaborate with students in such diverse fields as dance, theatre, video and digital graphics. The Music Department has extensive facilities including, rehearsal studios, three computer 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 music books and scores.
Musical instruments are available for loan to students enrolled in music programs.
Scholarships are available including the Woody Herman and Stan Kenton scholarships. 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.