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