News
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The vocalist talks about her experiences breaking into Broadway and how her husband wrote the music for some of the most popular musicals of all time. More
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Two interests that seemed so far apart in college—comedy and music—have come together for Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small. More
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The Boston Pops conductor talks to students about being adaptable and avoiding fear. More
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The group that commissioned Fritze's piece is one of many Spanish symphonies the Berklee professor has collaborated with over the years. More
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In Boston Globe -
May 29, 2009
Events
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Thursday, February 25, 2010, 7:00 p.m., Berk Recital Hall
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Thursday, March 25, 2010, 7:30 p.m., David Friend Recital Hall
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Friday, March 26, 2010, 7:00 p.m., Recital Hall 1W
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 4:00 p.m., Berk Recital Hall
Video
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It's not every day that the people behind game scores get to see their work performed live. More
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Danilo Perez, a Berklee professor and alumnus, talks about his piece The Panama Suite. More
Composition Major
The student majoring in composition will study tonal harmony, counterpoint and fugue, tonal composition, twentieth-century compositional techniques, instrumentation, and orchestration. Music literature studied will emphasize the concert music repertoire of the twentieth century, but also will include principal composers and styles from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. The student will demonstrate mastery of these skills and concepts as well as the development of an individual compositional personality and voice, by completing a portfolio of scores that will include (but not be limited to) a number of pieces in smaller forms, a tonal four-part fugue, a composition for solo voice or mixed chorus, a sonata in three movements, and a composition for full orchestra.
The study of acknowledged masterpieces from different historical periods will develop in the student an individual aesthetic vision and the critical ability to recognize and discuss music of quality. The student will gain skills by working with performers, rehearsing them, and conducting and/or producing performances.
The composition major will develop sufficient skills and knowledge to function as a composer of concert music and to gain entry to a graduate program in music theory or composition in order to pursue a career as a teacher, scholar, and practitioner of music theory and composition.
Download the composition concentrate courses (requires Acrobat Reader, available for free on the Adobe website). Students are strongly encouraged to verify their course requirements with the Office of the Registrar.
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