<p>Well, I am glad to read some of these explanations. And this discussion hasn’t even gotten into the different aesthetics involved.</p>
<p>Some schools separate composition and electronic work, some don’t and recognize the contributions along the musician-techie spectrum. Randomly, today I was looking at Purchase, and found classical composition, then, under music production and technology, studio composition and studio production as areas of study, with overlap. It can be hard to figure out the best program, even within a school.</p>
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<p>Musictechdad, your son sounds both wise and patient. Kmcmom, it sounds like your son was able to hone his interests in the final two years in a way that preserved his compositional development.</p>
<p>This thread may raise more questions than answers, but I think it might be useful…</p>