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 A distinguished faculty of internationally known composers provides students with guidance and encouragement in the search for the student's individual voice, without imposing stylistic regimentation.
Composers in undergraduate and graduate programs enjoy premiere performances of their work in the Composers Forum concert series, through annual participation in the Midwest Composer's Symposium (a forum for student composers from five schools) and in concerts by University of Michigan ensembles. Students also have access to the incredible resources of the School, including the Audio Studio and the Electronic Music Studios.
Faculty, students, and alumni of the Department of Composition continue to win an extraordinary number of national and international awards, receiving virtually every prize and award available to American composers.
All of these factors combine to make the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance one of the country's important centers for the training of young composers.
News
ONCE. MORE 2010 Announced
On April 28, 2009, The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and the Institute of Humanities announced a three-day festival and conference entitled ONCE. MORE to take place November 2-4, 2010 at Rackham Auditorium, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. From 1961 to 1966, the ONCE Festival, which was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was a small artist-run event that had a huge impact on the American contemporary music scene. ONCE. MORE will celebrate the pioneering contributions of the five original ONCE composers: Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, Roger Reynolds, Donald Scarvada and the late George Cacioppo.
Please look for the upcoming ONCE. MORE section on UM Composition Department website.
Leonard Slatkin and Detroit Symphony Read UM Student Compositions
On March 27 and 28, 2009, Maestro Leonard Slatkin and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra devoted two full rehearsals to reading and recording student compositions from the UM Composition Department. Seven students were chosen for the event: Paul Dooley, Ching-Mei Lin, Daniel Davis, Recep Gul, David Biedenbender, Theresa Martin, and Lembit Beecher.
Each student’s work was read and rehearsed, and Maestro Slatkin took time to give suggestions, and workshop sections of the compositions. The events, which took place at Orchestra Hall in Detroit, were attended by the entire composition department. This was a tremendous opportunity for our students, and constituted a significant gift of resources from the DSO.
Many thanks to Maestro Slatkin and the orchestra musicians and staff for their generosity, expertise, and enthusiasm during the readings.
Faculty
Past Faculty
William Albright
Leslie Bassett
William Bolcom
Susan Botti
George Burt
Sydney Hodkinson
Ross Lee Finney
Jack Fortner
George Wilson
Previous Guest Faculty & Junior Fellows
James Aikman
George Cacciopo
Michael Colgrass
Kamran Ince
Betsy Jolas
Eugene Kurtz
Christopher Rouse
Curtis Curtis-Smith
Nicholas C.K. Thorne
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