AM Composition at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Programme overview

The Master of Arts in Composition provides intensive and specialized professional training in composition. Its non-composition electives are taken in another academic unit at the University of Michigan, unlike the MM in Composition whose electives are within SMTD.

Faculty: School of Music, Theatre & Dance | Department: Department of Composition | Intake: Application deadline December 1 | Study mode: full-time | Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

What you will study

The MA requires a minimum of 30 credits, including private composition instruction, composition seminar, music theory, musicology, electronic music and/or music technology, and a non-SMTD elective. The final project is a presentation of a short orchestral or other large-ensemble work composed while in residence.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree in music or its equivalent along with a substantial composition background. Admission criteria are identical to the MM in Composition. Application deadline December 1.

Intake: Application deadline December 1

Apply through the official page: https://rackham.umich.edu/admissions/applying/

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