Training
•Bachelor of Music in Composition within the Wanda L. Bass School of Music, taught by Professor of Music & Composer in Residence Dr. Edward Knight since 1997
•Curriculum builds through eight dedicated Composition courses across all four years, plus Orchestration and 18th-Century Counterpoint
Performance & Productions
•Home to Project 21: Music of the 21st Century, a student-led composer consortium staging eight or more concerts of new works each year
•Since 1997, over 1,400 works by OCU composers from five continents — solo pieces, film scores, sacred works, ballet and modern dance, chamber music, and works for choir and orchestra — have premiered on and around campus
Facilities
•Composition students access the 113,000-sq-ft Bass Music Center, including 11 recording venues that support the acoustic/MIDI recordings required for the portfolio
