Author: SCI Members Mailing List
Subject: Graduate Studies at Western Michigan University in Music Composition
The Western Michigan University School of Music invites applications for our Masters in Music Composition program. We have assistantships available in composition for next year, which would involve assisting with composition classes and providing composition lessons to non-majors. Also, some students may qualify for assistantships in other areas, such as music education. music theory, research, or technology. Assistantships cover tuition and provide a stipend.
Our degree program provides flexibility for students to focus their course study in different areas, including concert music, digital audio, or multimedia. We offer a variety of specialized courses, including Entrepreneurship for Composers, Audio for Video, MIDI Orchestration, and computer programing for audio and video projects, in addition to traditional courses such as orchestration and counterpoint. There are opportunities for collaboration and readings by visiting professional groups, School of Music large ensembles, and our resident new music group. WMU is also the host institution of SPLICE Institute.
Our yearly new music festival has featured the Prism Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, the Spektral Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, the Mivos Quartet, and others. Our student composers group organizes and presents four concerts a year of works by student composers.
We have three full-time faculty members teaching private lessons and courses in the graduate program. Our faculty consists of Richard Adams, Christopher Biggs, and Lisa Coons.
The application deadline is February 15, 2019 in order to be considered for assistantships.
For more information go to http://wmich.edu/composition or contact christopher.biggs at wmich.edu
Subject: Graduate Studies at Western Michigan University in Music Composition
The Western Michigan University School of Music invites applications for our Masters in Music Composition program. We have assistantships available in composition for next year, which would involve assisting with composition classes and providing composition lessons to non-majors. Also, some students may qualify for assistantships in other areas, such as music education. music theory, research, or technology. Assistantships cover tuition and provide a stipend.
Our degree program provides flexibility for students to focus their course study in different areas, including concert music, digital audio, or multimedia. We offer a variety of specialized courses, including Entrepreneurship for Composers, Audio for Video, MIDI Orchestration, and computer programing for audio and video projects, in addition to traditional courses such as orchestration and counterpoint. There are opportunities for collaboration and readings by visiting professional groups, School of Music large ensembles, and our resident new music group. WMU is also the host institution of SPLICE Institute.
Our yearly new music festival has featured the Prism Quartet, International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, the Spektral Quartet, Alarm Will Sound, the Mivos Quartet, and others. Our student composers group organizes and presents four concerts a year of works by student composers.
We have three full-time faculty members teaching private lessons and courses in the graduate program. Our faculty consists of Richard Adams, Christopher Biggs, and Lisa Coons.
The application deadline is February 15, 2019 in order to be considered for assistantships.
For more information go to http://wmich.edu/composition or contact christopher.biggs at wmich.edu