Training
•The 128-credit BM Composition curriculum joins music history, theory, compositional method, orchestration, conducting, score reading, electronic music, and ensemble study
•Students write for instrumentalists and singers while learning notation, rehearsal communication, programming, and collaboration
•The senior year culminates in a substantial thesis and a full-length recital of original music produced by the student
Performance & Productions
•Boston Conservatory reports more than 180 student-composition premieres each year across chamber, large-ensemble, and vocal formats
•Composers experience the complete path from writing and notation through rehearsal, performance, livestreaming, and archival recording
Professional Development
•Faculty encourage experimentation across styles and aesthetics while helping students explain their work to specialist and general audiences
•The multidisciplinary conservatory and Boston location connect composers with singers, dancers, actors, instrumentalists, and local new-music organizations
