USC School of Music
Composition Program

Composition Seminar

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On Fridays, USC composers gather together in Music Building, R210 from 2:30 to 4:00 pm for Composition Seminar. Composition Seminar features presentations on a wide variety of composition-related topics by invited guest composers, the composition faculty, and student composers. In addition to reading sessions, group composition lessons, and open discussion forums on current topics, students profit from frequent visits by conductors, musicologists, performers, and theorists.

Our program attempts ot embrace the inherently interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of our field. As such, we regularly invite directors, film makers, media artists, painters, philosophers, poets, scene designers and scientists alike, to speak about the nature of creativity in their field.

Visiting Guest Composers

USC composers profit from frequent visits by distinguished guest composers. Recent guests have included Claude Baker (Indiana University), Lisa Bielawa, (New York, NY), Martin Bresnick (Yale University), Nicholas Brooke (New York, NY), Zack Browning (University of Illinois), Steven Everett (Emory University), Joel Hoffman (University of Cincinnati), Stephen Jaffe (Duke University), Pierre Jalbert (Rice University), Sally Lamb (Ithaca College), Paul Lansky (Princeton University), Libby Larsen (Minneapolis, MN), Scott Lindroth (Duke University), James Matheson (New York, NY), Russell Platt (New York, NY), J.A.C. Redford (Los Angeles, CA), Brian Robison (MIT), Peter Sculthorpe (Sydney, Australia), Carlos Sanchez-Gutierrez (Eastman), Jacob Ter Veldhuis (Amsterdam), and Evan Ziporyn (MIT). For a complete list of visiting guest artists consult the schedules below.

Attendance Policy

Students enrolled in applied composition lessons (MUSC 516, 716 and 816) and undergraduate composition scholarship recipients are required to attend Composition Seminar. Students interested in joining the Composition Program are strongly encouraged to attend whenever possible. Interested students and faculty are always welcome to attend.

Composition Seminar Schedules

• Fall 2008 (pdf)
• Spring 2008 (pdf)
• Fall 2007 (pdf)
• Spring 2007 (pdf)
• Fall 2006 (pdf)
• Spring 2006 (pdf)
• Fall 2005 (pdf)
• Spring 2005 (pdf)
• Fall 2004 (pdf)
• Spring 2004 (pdf)
• Fall 2003 (pdf)
• Spring 2003 (pdf)
• Fall 2002 (pdf)
• Spring 2002 (pdf)
• Fall 2001 (pdf)
• Spring 2001 (pdf)
  

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Updated: September 19, 2008 by RB