The Bachelor of Music enables students to become exceptional, well-rounded musicians. Outside of formal classes, they gain performance experience in the university’s performance ensembles.

The Bachelor of Music in Composition prepares students for careers that involve the composition of concert music or graduate work in composition. In addition to music theory and music history courses required by all Bachelor of Music degrees, the coursework includes applied lessons in composition and the student’s major instrument.

A strong emphasis is placed on obtaining high-quality live performances of compositions and becoming thoroughly acquainted with the concert music repertoire of the last hundred years. Upon completion of the degree, students will have had performances of at least 60 minutes of composition.