Music Composition - Northwestern University

Music Composition from Northwestern University is a Campus Bachelor Music and Instruments degree that prepares you for a Art and Design career. About the Composition Program The Composition Program is among the most vibrant and progressive in the country, featuring internationally recognized faculty members who are regularly performed by top orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists throughout the world. Because of the program?s emphasis on individuality, the student body is impressively diverse, representing a wide range of stylistic interests, techniques, notations, performance venues and audiences. The school?s Michael Ludwig Nemmers Prize in Music Composition provides a special dimension to the program, as prizewinners ? thus far John Adams, Oliver Knussen and Kaija Saariaho ? spend four weeks on campus, closely interacting with students and faculty. Students draw upon the excellent resources of the Bienen School of Music, comprising premier researchers and performers, and a music library that houses the largest collection of post-1945 music in the world. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of the many assets of the larger university community, which provides opportunities for collaborative and experimental work and research in other disciplines. Off campus, the thriving cultural community in Chicago offers students a full complement of theater, dance, art, and music , the latter ranging from jazz to experimental to standard repertoire by the Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera of Chicago. New music plays a vital role in Northwestern?s musical life. In addition to six concerts by the Contemporary Music Ensemble, the orchestral, band, and choral programs regularly present contemporary repertoire, most recently works by John Adams, Elliott Carter, Olivier Messiaen, Steve Reich, and Frank Zappa. Additionally, the New Music Northwestern concert series features performances by visiting soloists and ensembles of national and international reputation. Degree Options Students construct a flexible course of study that best matches their musical and career goals. Most students pursue the B.M., a professional degree , but a liberal arts-oriented B.A. is also available. Many composition majors take advantage of the double degree program, that pairs a degree in composition with a second degree in the arts and sciences, journalism, or engineering; the ad hoc, or self-designed degree; or a double major within the Bienen School of Music , such as the pairing of a major in composition with one in performance. View more details on Northwestern University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Music and Instruments courses.