Bachelor of Arts in Music - Composition

DePaul University

The DePaul School of Music Composition Department encourages its students to compose for a variety of ensembles and media and to develop a strong awareness of significant techniques, styles and aesthetic trends of the past fifty years. This is brought about through all aspects of the curriculum: one-on-one composition lessons with each of DePaul's distinguished composition faculty members courses in orchestration, analysis, counterpoint, computer music, specialized topics in contemporary music weekly composition studio classes and performance opportunities. The department strives for a community environment that emphasizes collaboration with peers.Composers at DePaul have ample opportunities to work with accomplished instrumentalists and singers throughout the process of composing and rehearsing new works for performance. The School produces several new music concerts each quarter: New Music DePaul, Composers Forum, and two quarterly concerts by Ensemble 20 plus - DePaul's distinctive student new music ensemble, conducted by Michael Lewanski. These concerts provide consistent opportunities to hear and perform local, national and international works of new music.