Contemporary Music

Dana Jessen, Associate Professor of Contemporary Music and Improvisation
Timothy Weiss, Professor of Conducting

Composition Department

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

Technology in Music and the Related Arts (TIMARA) Department

Tom Lopez, Associate Professor of Computer Music and Digital Arts, Chair
Abby Aresty, Lecturer of TIMARA, Technical Director
Aurie Hsu, Associate 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

 Visit the Contemporary Music webpage for complete information on this division, its faculty, and a biography for each faculty member.

Programs

• Composition Major
• Technology in Music and Related Arts Major

• Technology in Music and Related Arts Minor

• Artist Diploma: Recording Arts and Production Concentration

• Professional Certificate: Recording Arts and Production Concentration

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