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Welcome to the website of Indiana University
Jacobs School of Music’s Composition Department! By any measure, the
Composition Department at IU consistently ranks among the top
institutions of its kind in the world. The distinguished faculty
consisting of Claude Baker, David Dzubay, Don Freund,
John Gibson, Jeffrey Hass, Eugene O’Brien, P. Q. Phan and Aaron Travers is
thoroughly committed to providing the best environment, stimulation,
training and opportunities for young composers, acting individually
as teachers and mentors and together as a department. The number of
students in the department averages around 50, split fairly evenly
between graduate and undergraduate students; all receive weekly
private lessons with the artist faculty.
The Department offers Bachelor, Master, and Doctor of Music degrees,
Bachelor of Science in Music and an Outside Field, and the degree of
Master of Computer Music Composition. IU Composition
students have been outstandingly successful in winning recognition
in competitions, receiving significant commissions and performances,
and finding placement in the academic and professional world when
they complete their studies. Our students are also very diverse in
many ways and display a high regard for the interests, ideas, and
creations of their student colleagues, an attitude that is strongly
supported by the philosophy and structure of the Composition
Department.
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music offers an unparalleled array
of opportunities for young composers to hear first-rate performances
of music, including monuments of music literature from all periods, new works by faculty and guest composers, and most
importantly, the students’ own compositions. Each academic year the
Composition Department schedules at least eight general Student Composition Recitals; all
composition majors are encouraged to program their works on these
recitals, which usually comprise solo instrumental and vocal pieces,
works for chamber ensembles, and electro-acoustic compositions. Students also present their own degree recitals. Each
semester a week of readings by one of the school's orchestras is
devoted to student compositions. The orchestras also regularly perform dissertations. Other ensembles, such as the Wind Ensemble, the Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, and the New Music Ensemble, also schedule readings and performances for composers. Performance is central to our department; the chance to regularly collaborate with some of the world's finest student performers is truly unique to the IU environment.
I believe that the more you can learn about the Composition
Department at Indiana, the more you will appreciate why we believe
this is the best place for young composers to discover and develop
their potential. Please take advantage of this website to find
answers to some of the frequently asked questions about our
department, a list of visiting composers, samples of music by our
students and faculty, and much more information about our faculty
and programs. I also encourage you to contact the Coordinator of Music Composition, David Dzubay, with any questions you might have about the study
of composition at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Sincerely,
David Dzubay
Chair, Composition Department
Director, New Music Ensemble
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