Music Program
Welcome to the Spring 2025 Semester!
Upcoming Music Program Events:
20th Annual Marian Filice Piano Competition and Music Festival
Date: March 2, 2025
Location: Gavilan College Gilroy Campus Theater
For more information click here
The Gavilan College Music Department fosters a vibrant community of performers, composers, and theorists who share a deep passion for music. Offering a wide range of courses, the department serves students of all backgrounds, whether they pursue professional music careers or use their studies as a foundation for other endeavors. With a curriculum rooted in traditional music education, the department focuses on areas such as piano, guitar, vocal performance, electronic music, and digital recording.
The music curriculum provides a program for the students who wish to:
1. Pursue an advanced degree in music
2. Broaden a general knowledge of music
3. Develop performance skills
4. Become a professional musician
5. Work in a recording studio
6. Prepare for a career as music educators
Experienced instructors create an environment that both fulfills general education requirements and offers students exemplary preparation for transfer into both university and vocational level programs.
Dean of Student Learning, Equity, and Student Success for Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences
Noah Lystrup
408-848-4702
nlystrup@gavilan.edu
Division Assistant
Cecilia Ghiorzi
Division Assistant: Arts, Humanities, Social Science & STEM
Social Sciences Building Room 116
5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Gilroy, CA 95020
(408) 848-4701
cghiorzi@gavilan.edu