Late to Music

SpiritManager
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:49:27 +0000

I recommend, since your son isn’t 100% sure he wants to major in music composition, that he aim for a BA in music. Almost every college that offers a BA in Music offers a composition focus. For instance he could study music composition at well regarded programs at Williams, Bard College (not the conservatory route), Skidmore, Goucher, Swarthmore, Wesleyan - or Princeton, Yale, & Cornell. That’s just the upper East Coast. You’ll find there are interesting composers teaching all over the place in both large and small colleges. And none of those programs I mentioned are audition based - although you would want to send in a music supplement, if possible.