Classical Composition

Classical Composition

 

Classical Composition Top 10 schools

 

 

Undergraduate

 

 

 

 

 

1. Juilliard School

 

 

    Department website: Composition

    Notable Faculty: Robert Beaser John Corigliano Matthias Pintscher 

                          Christopher Rouse Melinda Wagner 

    Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

 2. University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance 

 

 

Department website: Composition

    Notable Faculty: Kristin Kuster  Evan Chambers Michael Daugherty

                           Roshanne Etezady Erik Santos Paul Schoenfeld Bright Sheng

    Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. USC Thornton School of Music 

 

 

Department website: Composition

    Notable FacultyDonald Crockett  Sean Friar  Sarah Gibson Ted Hearne

                           Andrew Norman  Frank Ticheli Nina Young

    Alumni Story

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Indiana University Jacobs School of Music 

 

 

Department website: Composition

     Notable Faculty: David Dzubay Claude Baker Don Freund Eugene O'Brien 

                            P. Q. Phan Sven-David Sandstrom Aaron Travers 

     Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Curtis Institute of Music 

 

 

Department website: Composition

    Notable Faculty: Richard Danielpour Jennifer Higdon David Ludwig Tod Machover

    Alumni Story 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Bard College- Conservatory of Music 

 

 

Department website: Bard Music Program Composition

     Notable Faculty: Lera Auerbach Susan Botti Kyle Gann Erica Lindsay 

     Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

7. New England Conservatory 

 

 

Department website: Composition

    Notable FacultyMalcolm Peyton Michael Gandolfi John Mallia John Heiss Robert Cogan 

    Alumni Story

 

 

 

 

 

8. Northwestern University Bienen School of Music 

 

 

Department website: Composition

    Notable Faculty: Christopher Alan Mercer Alex Mincek Hans Thomalla Jay Alan Yim

    Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

9. Florida State University College of Music 

 

 

Department website: Composition

    Notable Faculty: Michael Buchler Clifton Callender Ladislav Kubik Stephen Montague Ellen Taffezwilich

    Alumni Story

 

 

 

 

 

10. UNT College of Music

 

 

 

Department website: Composition

     Notable Faculty: Joseph Klein Kirsten Broberg Bruce Broughton Sungji Hong Panayiotis Kokoras

     Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Yale School of Music  

 

   Department website: Composition

 

    Notable Faculty Martin Bresnick Aaron Jay Kernis David Lang

                           Hannah Lash Christopher Theofanidis

    Alumni News Andrew Norman 

 

 

 

2. Princeton University Department of Music 

 

 

 

 

    Department website: Composition

      Composition Faculty 

      Alumni story 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Cornell University Department of Music 

 

 

    Department website: Composition

    Notable Faculty:  Kevin Ernste Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri Roberto Sierra 

    Alumni Story


 

 

 

4. University of Rochester Eastman School of Music 

 

 

Department website: Composition

 

Notable Faculty: David Liptak Robert Morris Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez Oliver Schneller

                       Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon Allan Schindler

Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

5. Juilliard School 

 

 

 

Department website: Composition

   Notable Faculty: Robert Beaser John Corigliano Matthias Pintscher

 Christopher Rouse Melinda Wagner

   Alumni Story

 

 

 

 

 

6. University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne  

 

 

 

Department website: Composition/Theory

Notable Faculty: Stephen Taylor Reynold Tharp Sever Tipei Kerrith Livengood

Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

7. Boston University College of Fine Arts 

 

 

 

    Department website: Composition& Theory

    Notable Faculty: Martin Amlin Richard Cornell Joshua Fineberg Samuel Headrick 

                           Rodney Lister Ketty Nez John H. Wallace Steven Weigt 

Alumni Story

 

 

 

 

 

8. University of Pennsylvania Department of Music 

 

 

 

Department website: Composition

Notable Faculty: James Primosch Jay Reise Anna Weesner George Crumb

Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

9. Indiana University Jacobs School of Music 

 

 

 

Department website: Composition

Notable Faculty: David Dzubay Claude Baker Don Freund Eugene O'Brien 

                       P.Q.Phan Sven-David Sandstrom Aaron Travers

Alumni story

 

 

 

 

 

10. University of North Texas College of Music

 

 

Department website: Composition

Notable Faculty: Joseph Klein Kirsten Broberg Bruce Broughton Sungji Hong Panayiotis Kokoras

Alumni story