Music Composition
Program Information
Students pursuing the Bachelor of Music in Composition degree typically pursue graduate school. Sample courses in this program include:
- AM 023 – Keyboard Skills
- AM 280 – Composition
- AM 481 – Electronic Composition
- MH 305 – Music History and Literature
- MH 308 – Music in Global Contexts
- MT 308 – Orchestration
- Jazz Studies
- Music History
- Music Theory
- Performance
- Piano Pedagogy
The Butler Advantage
By graduation, the Butler University School of Music will prepare our students to be able to:
Demonstrate a broad knowledge of music in diverse, historical, cultural, and social contexts.
Demonstrate a proficiency in fundamental theoretical aspects of music, appropriate to the area of study.
Perform using technical and artistic skills appropriate to the area of applied study, including solo and collaborative music making.
Gather, evaluate, and communicate musical information and ideas verbally and in writing.
Teach from their disciplines in a variety of settings.
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