MUSIC COMPOSITION
BGSU COLLEGE OF MUSICAL ARTS
As a composition major at BGSU, you will be part of an active community of musicians and scholars who love to listen, compose, and explore the meaning, creation, and power of music. Our vibrant new music program, internationally renowned faculty, and excellent facilities make the BGSU composition area one of the most visible and thriving in the country. College of Musical Arts – Music Composition Points of Pride • BGSU’s annual New Music Festival features performances of new music, visual arts presentations, lectures, seminars and related sessions. • Produced by WGTE Public Media, the radio show “Living American Composers: New Music Faculty Spotlight from Bowling Green,” draws primarily on live concert recordings from the BGSU New Our four full-time composition faculty members, Music Festival and Music at the Forefront concert series, as well as commercial recordings Christopher Dietz, Mikel Kuehn, Elainie Lillios, and featuring the Bowling Green Philharmonia and the BGSU Wind Symphony. Marilyn Shrude, work well together to foster a supportive, creative environment in which young • The MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music is an award-winning national center composers thrive. Our history of excellence spans devoted to the study, performance, creative work and promotion of new music within the more than three decades. College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University. BGSU provides composition students with the • The annual Toledo Symphony Orchestra Reading Session offers the opportunity for student opportunity to have their music performed through compositions to be read, workshopped and recorded by the symphony. composer forum concerts hosted by our SCI student • Available resources include travel grants, guest artists, excellent facilities, and a robust chapter, Praecepta, and at various other performances network of alumni throughout the world. hosted by other ensembles. There are no shortage of • Students involved in music technology explore analog and digital audio techniques, performance opportunities for composers at BGSU! computer music programming, experimental audio/animation, real-time interactive Learn more about music composition at BGSU through performance systems, and recording techniques. our website: bgsu.edu/composition.
Our Students Find Jobs For more information Alumni from the composition program are numbered throughout the College of Musical Arts world in the music profession. Our graduates have been accepted into 419-372-2181 prestigious Master’s and Doctoral programs such as Eastman, Indiana bgsu.edu/composition University, Stanford, and the University of North Texas. Alumni have gone on to obtain university teaching positions and related work in the private sector. MAJOR MAP MUSIC COMPOSITION Bachelor of Music
Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior
Core requirements in music Continue core requirements Orchestration, counterpoint, Senior recital, continue music theory and aural skills, applied in music theory, aural skills, arranging, music technology, technology, and private and composition lessons, music history, applied and and private composition composition lessons ensembles, and progress composition lessons, and lessons
CLASS CLASS towards piano proficiency ensembles OPTIONS
Meet with the College of Consult your applied teacher Meet with advising staff Apply for graduation at the Musical Arts advisor to plan for sophomore review jury to check degree audit for beginning of the semester in academic schedule; establish a preparations graduation plan which you plan to graduate schedule for courses, study and practice GOOD ADVICE
Participate in large and small Participate in world music and Participate in student composer
ensembles and student new music ensembles, guest performances, the student composer forums ensemble reading sessions, and composed MicroOperas, and master classes the Toledo Symphony Reading Session RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Get involved by joining Become a Music Ambassador Attend an event such as the service/professional student or volunteer to help with a New Music Festival, the
organizations such as college festival or competition SPLICE Festival, or New Music Praecepta Gathering and network with colleagues from around the country USEFUL CONNECTIONS
Explore study abroad Consider a Winter Term Apply for travel and conference Take a course in World Music opportunities experiential learning course grants from the Pro Musica or Jazz organization VIEWS GLOBAL
Participate in college recitals Attend recitals and master Participate in one of our Build a private lesson studio or and area seminars; attend classes put on by the Hansen competitions obtain commissions guest artist recitals and master and McMaster series classes residencies PREP CAREER
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio | Music Composition, 1031 Moore Musical Arts Center, 419-372-2181, bgsu.edu/composition
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