Program Recognition
•Bullet: The program prepares students for graduate work in composition or for freelance work as composers, copyists or arrangers
Training
•Bullet: The Bachelor of Music in Composition is a 120-credit degree with 39 Loyola Core credits, 41 music credits and 40 credits of theory and composition taken with a minimum 3.0 GPA, and it has no general electives
•Bullet: Students study Composition 1 through 6, Counterpoint 1 and 2, Orchestration 1 and 2, Form and Analysis 1 and 2 and four semesters of theory, and give a senior recital
•Bullet: The department says the curriculum emphasizes melody, harmony, rhythm and form, with courses in analog and digital synthesis, recording technologies, songwriting and jazz composition
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Joseph Shirley ('10) is a film and television composer whose credits include Creed III, The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett
•Bullet: Joshua Eustis ('99) co-founded the electronic duo Telefon Tel Aviv and toured with Nine Inch Nails in 2013 and 2014
•Bullet: Recent graduates have gone on to graduate composition study at Manhattan School of Music, Temple University, CalArts and the Peabody Institute
Facilities
•Bullet: A computer music studio with electronic instruments and synthesizers, a computerized theory lab and a multi-media training center with 31 stations running Finale and other notation and creative software support composition work
