Music Ph.D. (Composition)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to compose music at a professional level with a compelling and personal aesthetic.

2. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to have a command of compositional techniques, including orchestration, counterpoint, and professional-level presentation of scores and parts.

3. Upon completion of the degree, students should have a solid knowledge of Western Classical music of the 20th- and 21st-Centuries, including current trends and developments.

4. Upon completion of the degree, students should be able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, 20th- and 21st-Centuries Western Classical music.