Author: Coleman Christopher B
Subject: Composition as an applied music area?
Here at Hong Kong Baptist University we do a bit of both. Our major is a three year program of composition, where the first semester EVERY music student takes a course in contemporary music compositional technique and writes three short pieces. The second semester is a group composition lesson for just the composition concentrators, which toward the end usually becomes half-hour individual lessons; the second year is devoted to electro-acoustic music composition in a small class setting, including a bit of multi-media; the final year is individual hour long [...]
Subject: Composition as an applied music area?
Here at Hong Kong Baptist University we do a bit of both. Our major is a three year program of composition, where the first semester EVERY music student takes a course in contemporary music compositional technique and writes three short pieces. The second semester is a group composition lesson for just the composition concentrators, which toward the end usually becomes half-hour individual lessons; the second year is devoted to electro-acoustic music composition in a small class setting, including a bit of multi-media; the final year is individual hour long [...]