<p>Compmon,</p>
<p>My son is a HS senior preparing to apply to composition programs. He has been studying composition for traditional acoustic instruments with a composition professor but his other passions are electronic instruments (especially analog synthesis), DIY/handmade instruments and controllers (primarily along the lines of physical computing with Arduino and homemade circuits), noise art, and avant grade (I use this term broadly and loosely) composers.</p>
<p>The top of his list is Oberlin with Bard, MSM, and maybe CalArts slightly below. Any knowledge I have in this area is owed to watching his interests develop over the last few years. I need to do my homework so that I can continue to have somewhat informed conversations with him. I am quite sure that he would probably correct most of what I say and give a far more in depth and insightful critique of the world of academic electronic music. </p>
<p>Interestingly, he is not a fan of the kind of popular electronic dance music that most people would associate with electronic music. No David Guetta or Skillex or the like. He does like Nine Inch Nails though.</p>