Find and develop your own compositional voice and learn how to turn your musical ideas into dynamic performances and published works. Students hone their skills in styles they are passionate about ...

Undergraduate composition majors begin their studies immediately with individual private lessons and weekly attendance at composition seminars. The program aims to build a solid technical and musical ...

The Irving S. Gilmore School of Music at Western Michigan University offers a Bachelor of Music in composition degree. The program provides skills for students interested in a variety of creative ...

The annual Winter Blues program features vocal and instrumental workshops as well as a concentration on blues composition and improvisation. Sessions are open to area musicians aged 8-18 and run ...

One day last spring, Jonathan Engelberg heard 12 bars of a melody in his head. A musician, Engelberg played the melody on a piano and liked it so much that he brought it to the attention of Gary Daily ...

Ambitious. Influential. Revolutionary. Musician and composer Omar Thomas is a man whose stylistic compositions illustrate the stories of humanity that demand to be heard. Born on Feb. 27, 1982 in ...

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