Training
•Bullet: The BA composition path joins composition, music theory and history with individual artistic development in a department where Ming Tsao directs the Center for 21st Century Music and composers Jonathan Golove and Jeffrey Scott bridge writing with performance
•Bullet: Students can use the Sound Recording and Production spaces for electronic, interactive and multimedia work as well as live recording
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The Center for 21st Century Music supports creation and performance of contemporary work, while June in Buffalo brings composers and performers together around new repertoire
•Bullet: The Slee Sinfonietta presents four programs each year, giving student composers a recurring professional new-music context
Facilities
•Bullet: Baird Recital Hall provides 150 seats, projection and 5.1 sound; Lippes Concert Hall, rehearsal rooms and the department’s 150-plus annual free events create additional settings to hear and document work
