<p>violadad, thanks for leading the OP to the threads on music composition! Having advised a music composition applicant in the past, and also having advised BFA in MT applicants, BOTH processes are very involved and the requirements for admission and what one must prepare are a lot for each process and I think it would be hard to do both at one time!</p>
<p>Alexa, thanks for clarifying. I was curious as I haven’t known of music composition programs that have a focus on MT composition, though I understand now that you meant that the students in Hartt’s composition program are getting to compose for musicals as part of their work. Programs in MT composition per se are kinda rare. The one I know of is on the graduate level…Tisch Graduate Program in Musical Theater Writing, which has put out a bunch of young MT writer/composers in recent years.</p>