BM Composition - Cello at Indiana University Bloomington

Programme overview

Bachelor of Music in Composition with cello as the performance instrument, offered by the Jacobs School of Music.

Faculty: Jacobs School of Music | Duration: 120 credit hours | Location: Bloomington, IN, United States

What you will study

Composition coursework (37 credit hours) including instrumentation, free counterpoint, advanced orchestration and a senior recital, alongside performance study, 27 credit hours of core music courses in theory, musicianship and history, major ensemble and general education.

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Entry requirements

Jacobs School of Music BM Composition: admission follows the general undergraduate requirements. Performance Study Option 1 requires an entrance audition, a freshman jury, an upper-division examination and a sixth-semester jury; Option 2 does not require the entrance audition, upper-division examination or sixth-semester jury. All students pass a keyboard proficiency examination.

Requirements published at program group level.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Freshmen can start in the fall or spring semester; freshmen applying for the spring semester should apply by November 1 (priority deadline).

Transfer students can start in fall, spring (January start) or summer.

Freshman early action (non-binding) deadline is November 1 (response January 15); regular decision deadline is February 1 (response March 15); after February 1 applications are considered on a space-available basis. The enrollment deposit of $100 is due May 1. IU Bloomington is test-optional (SAT, ACT and CLT scores are optional). Apply with either the Apply IU application or the Common Application.

Transfer priority deadlines: fall start June 1, spring (January start) November 1, summer start March 1; School of Nursing applicants for fall must apply by April 1 and Kelley School of Business applicants by June 1. Apply with either the Apply IU application or the Common Application.

The undergraduate application fee is $65 (US citizen and international); the Jacobs School of Music application fee is $95.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.indiana.edu/apply/index.html

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