Music Composition, MM

Arizona State University

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Degree Awarded: MM

Composition

The MM program in composition focuses on the development of skills required for a career in music composition. Composers learn through experiential opportunities, including composing for fellow student performers leading to performances of their works in venues on campus and off. Project-based experiences include working with the Visiting Quartet Residency program and creating new works for student string quartets. Composers have multiple performance opportunities each year, including collaborations with student performers, readings by the Visiting Quartet Residency Program, readings by the ASU Symphony Orchestra as part of the orchestra composition competition, year-long residencies with the ASU Wind Ensembles, student commissions for the PRISMS contemporary music festival, and collaborations with student filmmakers. Students develop advanced skills, such as orchestration, electronic studio techniques, film and video scoring, and jazz composition in the degree program. Collaboration with music scholars, theorists, performers, educators and other composers under the guidance of renowned composition faculty provides students with a broad and well-rounded foundation for advanced careers in music.