Music Composition
WELCOME TO WIU MUSIC COMPOSITION
Students majoring in Music Composition at Western Illinois University have the opportunity to study theory, analysis, and a wide variety of compositional techniques and styles through coursework, composition seminar, and weekly lessons with WIU composition faculty members Hong-Da Chin and James Romig. WIU Music Composition hosts two annual events — ElectroAcoustic Music Macomb in the fall and New Music Festival in the spring — that provide additional opportunities for students to hear recently-composed music and interact with invited guest composers and performers from around the country.
Graduates of WIU Music Composition have gone on to...
Students majoring in Music Composition at Western Illinois University have the opportunity to study theory, analysis, and a wide variety of compositional techniques and styles through coursework, composition seminar, and weekly lessons with WIU composition faculty members Hong-Da Chin and James Romig. WIU Music Composition hosts two annual events — ElectroAcoustic Music Macomb in the fall and New Music Festival in the spring — that provide additional opportunities for students to hear recently-composed music and interact with invited guest composers and performers from around the country.
Graduates of WIU Music Composition have gone on to...
- enroll in masters and doctoral programs in composition and/or theory
- teach composition and/or theory full-time/part-time at the university level
- work in electronic sound-design, creating music for apps and video games
- successful careers in non-musical areas such as biotechnology and law
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