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你会学到什么
The undergraduate degree in music composition at newbb电子平台 is a comprehensive program. 除了 to offering specialized training in music composition, the degree provides students with the strong, well-rounded education in music required to achieve success as a composer.
- Students have the opportunity to hear their music read, 执行, and recorded by 音乐学院 ensembles as well as guest ensembles that have recently included Trio Fibonacci, 贴梗海棠合奏, 拼接的两人, 塔两人, 和暂态画布. sOUndings concerts (composition department recitals) provide valuable opportunities for young composers to hear their chamber music 执行 as well as learn the skills to organize their own performances.
- Students will interact with a diverse array of guest composers every year in live and virtual visits. Recent composers include Shih-Hui Chen, 库尔特Stallmann, 詹妮弗•乔利, 帕特里克•陈, 埃文·威廉姆斯, 马修·埃文·泰勒, 杰米·利·桑普森, 还有更多.
- The electronic music curriculum will give students the skills to be a 21st century composer and realize their ideas for sound in fixed and live interactive compositions using electronics. The 音乐学院 houses the 音乐 Technology Lab and Surround Sound Lab which give students access to the two primary software programs taught, Logic and Max/MSP in addition to a host of plugins from GRM Tools and other developers. The 音乐 Technology Lab is a 12-station space with each station equipped with a 20” iMac, midi键盘, 和软件. The Surround Sound Lab features an 8.1 JBL扬声器阵列, 雅马哈TF3数字混音器, 27英寸的iMac, 10 channel Tascam interface, midi键盘, Rø德, 美国舒尔, 和SE麦克风, 没有输入搅拌机, 还有穆格特雷门琴. We host 2-4 concerts of electronic music per year in our CLICK concert series that often features guest performers and composers allow students to hear the most recent and exciting music in the genre.
- Students will collaborate across different artistic disciplines with other students in film, 跳舞, 还有创意写作. 除了, students will have the opportunity to have their compositions recorded by students working in the School of Media Arts Recording Studio.
职业发展机会
Composition majors can continue on to graduate school if they wish to pursue a teaching career in higher education and academia. 然而, students will learn about other career opportunities related to commercial music, 电影音乐, 电子游戏音乐, 音乐出版, and being a freelance composer.
想听我们的音乐?
你可以浏览 newbb电子平台 Composition’s Soundcloud to hear compositions by current and recent composition majors.
申请项目
All students who seek admission to newbb电子平台 with a major 在音乐中 must audition. The audition is for both admission and talent-based scholarship decisions. Composition majors are also encouraged to submit a portfolio of original compositions or arrangements (pdf, mp3)直接给Dr. 罗伯特·麦克卢尔发来的邮件.
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