Program Recognition
•NASM-accredited Department of Music (National Association of Schools of Music)
Training
•Emphasis on creativity and modern approaches to music making, with students composing for a wide variety of performance media
•Most student works are performed immediately; all composition majors participate in the Contemporary Music Ensemble, which functions as a compositional lab and performance ensemble
•Eight semesters of major applied composition lessons plus four semesters of secondary applied study on an instrument or voice
•Coursework spans orchestration, form and analysis, 20th-century literature and techniques, jazz arranging, and the business of music
•Composition majors present a senior recital; Rowan graduates have had works performed professionally and earned fellowships, commissions, and awards
