The focus in electronic music is geared toward aspiring performers, producers and composers. Subject matter includes music theory, keyboard skills, songwriting and composition alongside electronic music production, marketing and promotion and studio techniques. All while earning a bachelor’s degree and at a fraction of the cost of for-profit schools!
See the SF State Bulletin for the list of the core courses in music theory, ear training and keyboard, which form the foundation of this degree.
Your Mentors
Benjamin Sabey
Benjamin Sabey’s experimental electronic, chamber and orchestral music has been described by Gramophone as revealing, “a brilliant technique and a keen ear for sound, timbre and arc.” Recent awards include two Barlow Commissions for the Mivos Quartet and the Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart as well as the Royaumont Prize of Domaine Forget in Paris. He has recently been a featured composer at the Ultraschall Festival in Berlin and the SoundOn and NWEAMO Festivals in San Diego. Sabey holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego where he studied primarily with Roger Reynolds. Email: sabey@sfsu.edu