Composition
Studying with gifted teachers who are also successful composers provides students with the opportunity to acquire a core knowledge in analysis, orchestration, and counterpoint combined with an understanding of compositional procedures and contemporary musical styles. These skills are essential for students to pursue graduate studies successfully and to begin building professional credentials as composers.
Composition majors are encouraged to compose daily and are required to produce a quantity of original works for a variety of instrumental and vocal combinations. Students have ample opportunities to have their pieces performed in recitals, DePaul Composers' Forum concerts, and annual reading sessions with the DePaul Symphony Orchestra.
Students have many excellent opportunities to hear live, professional contemporary music performances including New Music DePaul concerts, directed by George Flynn and presented on campus, as well as performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and many professional new music organizations active throughout the Chicagoland area.
Each undergraduate music degree requires a select number of courses from the
liberal studies domains; Click
Here to view the requirements for each degree
program.
