Contemporary Music

Jesse Jones, Director

Composition Department

Jesse Jones, Associate Professor of Composition; Chair
Michael Frazier, Visiting Assistant Professor of Composition
Stephen Hartke, Professor of Composition

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Technology in Music and the Related Arts (TIMARA) Department

Tom Lopez, Associate Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts; Chair
Aurie Hsu, Assistant Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts; Chair
Abby Aresty, Technical Director and Lecturer of TIMARA
Ami Dang, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts
Eli Stine, Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts
Peter Swendsen, Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts

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Programs

• Bachelor of Music: Composition
• Bachelor of Music: Technology in Music and Related Arts

• Minor in Technology in Music and Related Arts

• Artist Diploma (Recording Arts and Production)

• Professional Certificate (Recording Arts and Production)

Courses

• COMP 101 - Composition for Non-Majors
• COMP 102 - Composition for Non-Majors II
• COMP 201 - Composition Class I
• COMP 202 - Composition Class II
• COMP 211 - Instrumentation
• COMP 212 - Instrumentation
• COMP 222 - Counterpoint I
• COMP 251 - Composition Seminar I
• COMP 252 - Composition Seminar II
• COMP 301 - Composition Class III
• COMP 302 - Composition Class IV
• COMP 311 - Orchestration
• COMP 332 - Survey of Compositional Forms and Structures
• COMP 350 - Special Topics in Composition
• COMP 351 - Composition Seminar III
• COMP 352 - Composition Seminar IV
• COMP 421 - Counterpoint II
• COMP 995F - Private Reading - Full
• COMP 995H - Private Reading - Half