Michigan vs Yale for composition

SpiritManager
Fri, 03 Apr 2015 02:27:09 +0000

At Michigan you’ll have a choice of working with a wide range of composers, working in many different styles. At Yale, there are only two professors (or that’s the way it was a few years ago) plus grad students teaching composition. There is no crossover, beyond the grad student teachers, with the School of Music - although you could attend the concerts and the open to the public composers’ seminars. At Michigan you’ll have a more traditional conservatory experience - at Yale more of a liberal arts experience. Any idea which would suit you better? Do you want to focus mostly on music, or do you want to continue with lots of different academic classes?

I think you’ll have a good experience both places - but it will be different. At one school you’ll be a composer - at the other you’ll be a student who composes. Both work!