Training
•Bullet: 37 credit hours of composition courses, including K400 Composition Major lessons, K231-K232 Free Counterpoint, K214-K215 Instrumentation, K451-K452 Advanced Orchestration, a K101 Freshman Workshop in Composition, and the K301 Composition Forum
•Bullet: Each week you have a private lesson with a composition faculty member, and your teacher rotates each year to give you differing viewpoints
•Bullet: Faculty include department chair Aaron Travers and professors David Dzubay, Don Freund, and Texu Kim, associate professor Gabriel Jenks, and electronic and computer music faculty John Gibson and Chi Wang
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The department schedules eight general student composition recitals each academic year, plus two recitals focused on works created at the Center for Electronic and Computer Music
•Bullet: You present an individual recital of music composed during your residency, and your music can be performed in solo, chamber, and large ensemble settings for instruments, voice, and electronics
Degree Flexibility
•Bullet: Performance study runs alongside composition: Option 1 at the 400 level (recommended) or Option 2 at the 100 level, with a keyboard proficiency examination for every student
