The BM in composition degree program teaches young composers to write with modern and experimental music vocabularies (for artistic expression) as well as historic vocabularies (for accompanying theatrical or cinematic productions), write for diverse color combinations (including orchestral and electroacoustic), and recruit and rehearse players to perform their music.
The music composition major prepares the student for graduate study in composition...
The Department of Music provides professional preparation for students seeking careers in music or music-related vocations and offers instruction for students seeking life-long learning experiences in music.
Educational Objectives 1. The Department will provide a thorough music education in both theoretical and practical aspects.
2. Students will develop their individual skills and their philosophy of music, to include the integration of faith...
The Music - Music Composition degree requires the completion of 30 semester hours, including a thesis, which consists of a score and recorded performance (if at all possible) of an original work in a larger form. An oral thesis defense is required. After the successful defense has been completed, a permanently-bound copies of the score must be placed in both the university library and the music graduate office before the degree will be conferred.
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Long noted for its important contributions to contemporary musical innovation, the school's Composition Program allows each student to develop his or her own artistic voice \through the mastery of a broad range of theories, techniques and creative tools. In recognition of the enormous expansion in the stylistic breadth of contemporary music during the last century and now at the beginning of the 21st century, students are not expected to follow any...
The Music Technology: Interaction, Intelligence & Design Program allows undergraduates to build strong musical skills while mastering a variety of music-related technologies in the context of pursuing creative work. Training students for the 21st Century, this unique interdisciplinary musical and technical program prepares undergraduates for careers involving electronic composition and performance, sound design, film and video post-production, website...
Music theory Music history and literature
Principal performance area
Major performance ensemble
Recital
Additional Requirements
Music theory Conducting
Applied composition Electives in music
Allied Requirement for Composition Concentration Students in the Composition Concentration must demonstrate proficiency in one foreign language (French, German, or Italian) to be satisfied as described under the requirements for the Bachelor Music...
MUS 129 or 129X to be taken each semester in residence until successful completion of the departmental upper-division screening examination in applied music (a minimum of 4 units is required). MUS 244A-B, 344 (must be taken concurrently with 329X), 444 (must be taken concurrently with 329X), 423B, and 24 units to be chosen under departmental advisement as follows: 21 units to be selected from MUS 271,...
Thinking deeply about what makes musical expression possible is as essential to the performer and listener as it is to the composer because it expands and strengthens one's musical imagination. In theory, we discover ways that the most fundamental nuts and bolts elements of harmony, rhythm, and melody can be combined to create all kinds of musical effects. By engaging in such study, we meet opportunities to delight in a realm of God's creation that...
Concentration in Composition MUSC 4343, MUSC 4312, MUSC 3351 (6 hours), MUSC 4351 (8 hours), MUSC 4362, Private Lesson Piano (4 hours), Minor Lesson Field (6 hours), MUSC 3990, MUSC 4981, Electives in Music (5 hours). Major ensemble is according to minor lesson field: MUSC 1111, MUSC 1121, MUSC 1141, MUSC 3171 or MUSC 3161 (Guitar).
The following courses are required of all music majors on all tracks: MUSC 101, 102, 103, 104, 132, 133, 201, 202, 203, 204, 221, 223, 331, 332, and 432. Students must enroll in a major ensemble (441, 443, or 456) with each semester of major applied study. Total semesters for major applied study vary with each track. Each track requires 2 semesters of minor applied study. If a student can meet guideline proficiency requirements prior to 2 semesters...
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