Morton Subotnick’s “Silver Apples of the Moon” was the first electronic music composition commissioned for a recording. When it came out on Nonesuch Records in 1968, that was thought to be a selling ...

Joel V. Hunt, Ph.D. is a versatile composer, performer, educator, and scholar whose work bridges jazz, popular music, interactive electroacoustic music, and algorithmic composition. His recent ...

In 2004, Khyam Allami was ready to give up on electronic music. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t write melodies that sounded like the music in his head. “It felt like the software was leading ...

WELCOME TO WIU MUSIC COMPOSITION Students majoring in Music Composition at Western Illinois University have the opportunity to study theory, analysis, and a wide variety of compositional techniques ...

Composition Scholarships recognize incoming students who display outstanding potential for composition in any style or genre, such as concert music, singer-songwriter, jazz, electronic music, musical ...

GREENWICH — Shortly after Sting’s musical “The Last Ship” opened on Broadway back in 2014, its orchestrator and musical director Rob Mathes stood at the stage door waiting to see his “north stars,” ...

The Irving S. Gilmore School of Music at Western Michigan University offers a Bachelor of Music in composition degree. The program provides skills for students interested in a variety of creative ...

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Music in Composition develop a set of essential skills that prepare them to become independent music creators and thinkers. They are introduced to a wide array of ...