Training
•Bullet: The Bachelor of Arts in Composition welcomes composers who demonstrate extraordinary intellectual curiosity and whose primary goal is to communicate with others on a profoundly human level; the program pairs composers and performers so that a simulated professional experience is achieved
•Bullet: Composition studio is 12 units in the first two years and 10 units of Advanced Composition Studio in the major, alongside Orchestration I and II, Introduction to Conducting, Electronic Music Composition, counterpoint, and a scoring course for orchestra, wind ensemble, or choir
•Bullet: Composers also study a major instrument for up to 12 units, set by a proficiency test the composition faculty gives at orientation or in zero week of fall quarter
•Bullet: Faculty named on the school’s directory include Richard Danielpour (distinguished professor and division head of composition), Ian Krouse (distinguished professor), Kay Rhie (associate professor), David Lefkowitz (professor), Peter Golub (composition, music and film), and Shahab Paranj (composition; director of the Gramian-Emrani Center for Iranian Music)
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The Fall and Winter Undergraduate Composers Concerts at Schoenberg Hall present new music by UCLA undergraduate composers
•Bullet: Every major presents a 30-minute senior Capstone Composition Recital with a printed program and notes; recitals are videotaped and archived and evaluated by a jury
Notable Alumni
•Bullet: Jake Heggie (BA Composition ’84, MA Composition ’05), composer of the opera Dead Man Walking, is the alumnus featured on the school’s composition page
