Composition
At the Conservatory at 热博官网, you’ll have abundant opportunities to grow your skills and share your talent. In addition to extensive classroom training, you’ll collaborate with fellow student musicians who will bring your work to performance in one of the Conservatory’s dozens of ensembles. As a composition student, you’ll have complete access to our music studios to experience your work by listening and then working to achieve the sound and mix you desire. This emphasis on performance and production in a variety of genres is what makes studying composition at 热博官网 unique.
Our faculty are world-class composers whose work as practicing musicians and arrangers will greatly enhance your learning and your work.The composition degree program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM).
What can you do with a degree in this academic area?
- Composing
- Film and Specialty Composing
- Arts Administration
- Music Production
- Theatre Management and Ownership
Training with Composition Faculty
Ensembles. Daily Performances.
Training in Multiple Styles of Music
Explore this Program
There’s always something happening in the Conservatory. Weekly student recitals, master classes, ensemble rehearsals, and live concerts provide limitless opportunities where you can hear your music performed. In fact, there are more than 200 performances each year at the Conservatory. And with more than 50 performing ensembles, your efforts are collaborative as you work with your fellow musicians in creating something remarkable.
The NOW MUSIC Festival is the Conservatory’s annual celebration of contemporary music. The Festival showcases the music of living composers and features works by guest, faculty and 热博官网 student composers. This weeklong event is one of the Midwest's most comprehensive and diverse offerings of contemporary music. Best of all, it's one more way for 热博官网 to feature the creative work of our rising talent.
In our composition program, we value all styles of music. You'll be encouraged to become fluent in these varied styles of music to strengthen your creativity and expand your thinking. Beginning your first year, you’ll study theory, history, orchestration, arranging, audio production, and more. You’ll then apply your skills in our state-of-the-art recording and MIDI-based electronic music studios. And because we are located next door to Columbus, you’ll tap into connections with professional ensembles and musicians, giving you opportunities to learn and perform with music artists of every style.
Students planning to study Composition need to complete a two-part process to gain admittance to the program.
- Submit your admission application to 热博官网 University along with the required supporting documents.
- Once you are academically admitted to 热博官网 University, you will be able to submit an audition application and register for your audition date by clicking on the reply form found on your status page.
For specific audition dates and requirements by instrument or area of interest, please use the Emphasis Requirements tool.
The faculty at the Conservatory are renowned and respected musicians who themselves are composers and arrangers, nationally and internationally. Their experience, musicianship, and talent are integrated within their curriculum and in your Conservatory experience. And because their talents and music specialties are varied, your studies will give you the opportunity to explore diverse music styles and prepare you to use your talents in any number of ways. We invite you to meet your faculty and learn why we’re proud to have them 热博官网 their home.
Sample Classes
- Composition Lessons
- Music Theory and Audiation
- Keyboard
- Electronic Composition
- Intro to Music Technology
- Instrumentation and Orchestration
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