Program Recognition
•Bullet: UNT says its composition program "is one of the largest and most diverse in the nation, with approximately 70 composition students and nine faculty members" (music.unt.edu/composition)
•Bullet: Weekly Music Now departmental forum brings faculty, students, and visiting composers together to discuss new music
Training
•Bullet: Bachelor of Music with a major in composition (129 credit hours)
•Bullet: Write for instruments and voices, make professional-quality scores, and collaborate with performers
•Bullet: Present original works at SPECTRUM concerts and open reading sessions with UNT orchestras and wind ensembles
•Bullet: Nova, UNT's new music ensemble, performs works spanning 20th-century classics to newly commissioned student and faculty pieces
•Bullet: Composers Forum, a student organization, coordinates performances and brings new student works to public attention
Facilities
•Bullet: Murchison Performing Arts Center, 300 practice rooms, and a Music Library that UNT calls "one of the largest in the United States", with more than 350,000 items (music.unt.edu/facilities)
