Grow in your ability to compose and analyze music while majoring in another area.
Music composition may be the right minor for you if you
- Love music
- Have a passion for composing your own music
- Want to understand the structure of music more deeply
What will I learn?
You will learn music analysis skills, perform in ensembles, and build your music composition skills, culminating in a senior project.
Featured courses
MTC4305
Analytic Techniques
A survey of standard analytical techniques applied to major forms from the Baroque through the Modern period. Includes an introduction to the analysis of 20th-century music: set theory, Schenkerian analysis and newer compositional techniques.
MTC4209
Choral Arranging
A study of the technique of arranging music for voices.
MTC4207
Orchestration
Study of the characteristics and capabilities of orchestral instruments as applied to composing, orchestrating and arranging.
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