<p>One other consideration if you go the MT route…perhaps a BM in MT as opposed to a BFA (very generally speaking) may be a better option because a BM is located in a music school or department and many BFAs are in theater departments (with some exceptions like UMich for example). And so if you do a BM in MT such as Baldwin-Wallace, James Madison, NYU/Steinhardt, or Oklahoma City University, as some examples, you may be able to take more music courses or electives and perhaps in composition, more so than in some BFA programs. You’d have to really explore this all ahead of time by contacting the programs.</p>
<p>Another thought is to go to a school with a BA in MT and so maybe you can double major in MT and in Music Composition as BA programs have more flexibility than BFA or BM programs.</p>