Bachelor of Music in Composition

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The Bachelor of Music in Composition is for the undergraduate who yearns to discover techniques for composing for orchestra, voice, chamber ensembles, and experimental instruments. Students study composition every term. Students study in-depth their primary instrument and learn techniques of conducting, orchestrating, and music technology. Students also learn theory and music history within an experiential music curriculum.

About the Degree

The Bachelor of Music in Composition is designed to:

  • Provide students with a learning environment conducive to the pursuit, fostering, development, and exchange of ideas and information, particularly as it pertains to music composition and performance.
  • To provide student access to varied composition communities.
  • To continue to build upon the Frost School of Music's reputation as an innovative, forward-thinking, and first-rate center for advanced study.
  • To maintain the highest educational, professional, and ethical standards.

The curriculum in Composition is designed for those students intending to pursue a career as a composer and/or to pursue graduate degrees in Composition. Prospective students are expected to furnish evidence of compositional ability.

To learn more about the curriculum, please visit the Academic Bulletin.

Academic Bulletin

Program Goals

The goals of the program are:

  • To provide students with training to be fluent in basic compositional skills.
  • To help students understand various directions that are available to composers in the 21st century.
  • To help students perform and realize their music.

For Undergraduate portfolio requirements, please visit Frost Admission's Undergraduate Composition Portfolio.

Undergraduate Composition Portfolio