Music Composition Major

Program Overview

This composition program trains students in traditional and electro-acoustic music composition through private instruction and coursework in theory, improvisation, and music history. The program prepares students for careers in artistic direction, education, film and television, and media, equipping them to meet the evolving challenges of the music profession.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Artistic direction
• Composition
• Education
• Film and television
• Media

Other:

• The program prepares students to meet the challenges and opportunities of an ever-changing profession.
• Students receive intensive private instruction in music composition in traditional and electro-acoustic media from award-winning faculty members.
• Students take classes in music theory, improvisation, music history, orchestration, and conducting.
• The faculty strives to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the aesthetics of musical design and the operations of creators, performers, and listeners as they use music to shape their world.