Training
•BM in Composition pairs a required performance prescreen/audition on the applicant's principal instrument with a dedicated portfolio review of 3-4 original scores, judged on compositional craft
•Curriculum is designed for students pursuing a composing career or graduate study in composition, with access to varied composition communities at the Frost School
•Program goals emphasize fluency in core compositional technique alongside understanding of the range of directions open to 21st-century composers
Professional Development
•Students are expected to perform and realize their own music, not only notate it, over the course of the degree
•Portfolio submissions (scores plus recording or MIDI links) are reviewed independently of the instrumental audition, so composition ability is judged on its own merits
Degree Flexibility
•A Music Composition minor is also available for non-Composition majors who want to add compositional training to another Frost degree
