Overview
The music composition program is flexible and designed to encourage independent stylistic development and artistic excellence, preparing you for the many different careers open to today’s composer. From the first lesson, you’ll study directly with faculty, consisting of active, internationally recognized composers, and learn practical professional skills within cutting-edge facilities. Limited class sizes mean you’ll have greater studio access than in many larger schools, giving you more time to turn musical visions into reality.
As a composer in the Bachelor of Music in music composition program, you’ll have many distinctive opportunities to not only compose and arrange original music but hear the music you write. You’ll collaborate regularly with dance, theatre and film students in the creation and performance of new, bold and artistic works. Plus, the media scoring track offers the unique experience of scoring for video game and film music. By partnering with students in the industry-leading game development program at SMU Guildhall, you’ll gain professional experience from inception to final production of original games. Film music projects with B.F.A. film students, ranging from shorts to feature-length films, are screened frequently at professional theaters and the Dallas International Film Festival.
