Music Composition - Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Music Composition from Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a Campus Bachelor Music and Instruments degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. Our primary goal is to prepare students to become highly skilled music educators, music therapists, performers, composers, and conductors. Program goals encourage and develop high standards of teaching, scholarship, performance, and research in music . We are pleased to offer small academic classes, applied study with highly qualified faculty, and careful attention to advising. Courses in music appreciation, music theory fundamentals, and ensembles are open to all students regardless of major. Learning Outcomes Students will demonstrate: Ability to perform music from a variety of historical/ style periods, and exhibit the appropriate skills for musical self-expression in juried performances. These skills include: techniques, musicianship, tone, diction/articulation, style, interpretation, and artistry. Understanding of the common elements and organizational patterns of music , including musical forms, processes, and structures. Knowledge of music history and representative composers and works from each on a defined evaluation instrument. Potential Occupations The undergraduate music curricula at Colorado State University can lead to personally fulfilling careers as music educators, music therapists, performers, composers, and conductors. Music graduates from Colorado State have successfully gained employment in public and private schools, hospitals and institutions, and as professional performers, conductors, and composers. Composition Concentration The composition concentration is designed to prepare the student to compose original music for a wide variety of venues including live concerts, music to accompany film, video, dance, and theatre. Course work emphasizes comprehensive musicianship throughout the curriculum with particular emphasis on individualized study in music composition. View more details on Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music and Instruments courses.