Bachelor's in Music (BMU) - Composition

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The Bachelor of Music degree provides a program for talented students with prior musical experience and skills who seek professional training in music. A wide range of concentrations are available within the program to meet the specialized interests and career plans of serious music students. The Bachelor of Music in Music Composition is a professional music degree that helps students to find his or her individual voice as a composer. Original compositions are written for a variety of instrument combinations and twentieth and twenty first century compositional techniques are analyzed, explained and incorporated as integral to the creative process. Each graduating student will have a public performance of their original work.