Kenneth Frazelle, Michael Rothkopf, Lawrence Dillon
Comprehensive professional training
Intensive personalized instruction - Preparation for career success
This is an exciting time to be involved in new music. More and more performing musicians are including new works on their programs, and the standard of playing has improved dramatically over the last few decades. New innovations in the electronic media are extending our understanding and capabilities in composition. The range of viable styles of new music has never been wider, from the simplest songs to the most complex multimedia works.
Where do you fit in? This is the question that all composers must answer for themselves. At the North Carolina School of the Arts, composers are engaged in answering this question on a daily basis, writing, studying and listening to new music in all of its forms. Our monthly Composition Seminars are lively opportunities for composers to gather -- sometimes with special guests -- to discuss some of the most important issues facing all of us. With professional training schools in dance, design, drama and filmmaking, in addition to music, NCSA provides a unique environment for artistic inquiry and exploration.
Other Program Features:
- Student compositions performed on a regular basis
- Cheslock Memorial Student Composers Concert
- Annual Orchestra Reading Sessions
- Access to the latest developments in technology
- Annual Twenty-first Century Residencies bring major composers to the campus, as well as renowned contemporary ensembles to record students' works.
In addition to the wide range of artistic possibilities, our graduate curriculum boasts specially designed courses to enhance the students' career perspectives in a contemporary, market-sensitive approach to educating musicians.
New Curriculum
COMPOSITION
Year One Course Credits
MUS 650 Composition Lessons
MUS 651 Composition Seminar
MUS 652 Music Theory and Composition Pedagogy
or
MUS 653 Music Technology Research Project
MUS 645 Career Strategies: Portfolio
MUS 646, 647, 648, 649 Career Strategies
(a minimum of two courses are required):
Outreach, Entrepreneurship, Auditions and Recording
MUS 661, 662, 663 Research Topics in Analysis
or
MUS 681, 682, 683 Research Topics in Musicology
MUS 691, 692 Library and Internet Research Lab
MUS 599 Intensive Arts Workshops
Year Two
MUS 650 Composition Lessons
MUS 651 Composition Seminar
MUS 654 Composition Thesis Defense
MUS 661, 662, 663 Research Topics in Analysis
or
MUS 681, 682, 683 Research Topics in Musicology
MUS 610 Recital
MUS 599 Intensive Arts Workshops
As you think about how you want to pursue a future as a composer, please come visit our beautiful campus and discuss your options with our faculty. You will find that the North Carolina School of the Arts has all of the ingredients necessary to provide composers with a strong professional and artistic grounding in the pursuit of their dreams.
RECENT GUEST COMPOSERS
Mason Bates 2006
Robert Carl 2006
Kyle Gann 2006
Jennifer Higdon 2006
Augusta Read Thomas 2006
Arthur Krieger 2004
Samuel Adler 2003
William Bolcom 2002
Mario Davidovsky 2001
Bernard Rands 2000
George Walker 2000 GUEST ENSEMBLES
International Contemporary Ensemble 2007
Da Capo Chamber Players 2005
Eighth blackbird 2003
Speculum Musicae 2001
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