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Composition Program
Welcome to the University of South Carolina Composition Program

We are a dynamic group of artists with a strong sense of collegiality. Students profit from a lively new music concert season and frequent visits by distinguished guest composers, performers, and scholars. We offer B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. degrees in composition. Composers in all three degrees work in an environment dedicated to compositional and musical excellence, broad academic inquiry, and the building of strong professional skills. For more information about our program, please click on one of the links below.

News/Events

• Friday, Jan. 27: Talk by guest composer Steven Gorbos, 2:30-4 pm, R210
• Friday, April 6:Talk by guest composer Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, 2:30-4 pm, R210
• April 13-17: The Declassified Residency
  • Friday, April 13: One-Minute Composition Project Reading Session, 6-9 pm, R011
  • Monday, April 16: The Declassified Recital, featuring three of the one-minute compositions by USC composers, 7:30 pm, Recital Hall
  • Tuesday, April 17: "Informance" - Informal performance of up to 10 of the one-minute compositions, 12:00-12:45 pm, SOM lobby.

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Program Information Welcome How to Apply Contact Us Program Introduction Faculty Programs of Study Courses Computer Music Studios Music Technology

Concerts and Research Programs New Voices Student Composers Concert Southern Exposure xMUSE USC Computer Music Concert Special Programs for Student Composers Composition Seminar (Guest Composers) Reading Sessions

Other Links

• USC STUDENT SERVICES
• Free Counseling
• Office of Student Disability Services (OSDS)
• Student Success Center
• LISTSERV for USC Composers
• Composition Jury
• BM Senior Thesis
• MM Orals Study Guide (pdf)

Check out what some of our former students are doing:

• Andrew S. Allen, B.M. Composition
• Andy Akhio, B.M. Percussion and composer
• Benjamin Boone, D.M.A. Composition
• Robert J. Bradshaw, B.M. Composition
• N. Cameron Britt, M.M. Composition
• John Mayrose, B.M. Guitar and composer
• Baljinder Sekhon, B.M. Composition
• Larry Shackley, D.M.A. Composition
• Haris Sophocleous, M.M. Composition
• Meira Warshauer, D.M.A. Composition
• Matthew Whitehouse, B.M. Organ and composer
• Alex Wroton, B.M. Composition

This Web site is maintained by Dr. Reginald Bain. Please send your comments and suggestions to rbain@mozart.sc.edu.