UNCG offers outstanding composition resources, from our state-of-the-art Alice Virgina Poe Williams Electronic Music Studios, to our outstanding Computer Lab to the collaborations afforded by top-notch student performers and a faculty that is committed not only to the great canon, but also to new music.

 

The BM degree at UNCG is unique in that not only are composition students encouraged to continue study in an applied instrument or voice, it is required.  Students typically take 2 years of private lessons on their instrument, along with 4 years of composition study.  Scholarships are available for talented incoming students.

 

The MM is a two-year degree.  In addition to private composition study, students take courses in orchestration, electronic music, counterpoint, advanced theory and history and electives.  Assistantships are available, as are a limited number of in-state and out-state tuition waivers.

 

Student composers have the opportunity to present their work at each of two Student Composers Concerts each year, and many other performance possibilities exist throughout the year, including large ensemble reading sessions, a "concerto competition" (for composition students as well as performers) and student recitals. The Composition Program hosts an annual New Music Festival in the spring of each year.