Wisdom of changing intended major from performance to composition?

Hunt
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:50:53 +0000

My son just finished his first year at Yale, and (so far) he’s liking what he sees about the music major. It requires 12-14 credits (as I recall) out of a total of 36 required, depending on how one does on music theory and musicianship placement. There are also distributional requirements, so you can’t take just music courses. There is a composition seminar that would-be composers take, and you can continue to take it for credit multiple semesters. It includes a weekly lesson with either a music grad student or a faculty member, again depending on placement.