Music Composition, MM

Arizona State University - Kaplan International

Arizona State University's music facilities include: Jazz Complex, Music Library, Organ Hall, Concert Hall and Recital Hall. The School of Music presents 800 plus recitals and concerts each year. The Master of Music program in music with a concentration in composition is a comprehensive professional degree program for outstanding students of acoustic, electronic and multimedia composition. Students develop their own compositional voices and focus on their area of interest, regardless of style or aesthetics, while gaining extensive knowledge through coursework and private lessons with faculty members. Composers have multiple performance opportunities, including readings by the Symphony Orchestra and visiting ensembles yearlong residencies with the ASU Wind Ensembles and Philharmonia Orchestra commissions for the PRISMS contemporary music festival and collaborations with student performers, animators, filmmakers and dancers. The program provides extensive faculty interaction and opportunities to develop advanced skills in compositional techniques from a wide variety of styles and traditions, with emphasis on fostering students' personal approach to composition. Collaborations with music scholars, theorists, performers, educators and other composers provide students with a broad and well-rounded foundation for advanced careers in music.

Arizona State University, Main campus