Summer Composition/Music Technology Intensive

The Summer Composition/Music Technology Intensive at UNCSA is ideal for high school and college students interested in developing their creative potential in composition.

Join UNCSA composition faculty, alumni and guest artists for a two-week journey as we explore composition and music creation!  Using both electronic and acoustic techniques, participants explore their compositional voices through individual lessons, group classes in music theory and instrumentation, and a professional reading/recording session. We can't wait to hear your music!

This year, the Composition Intensive will comprise a hybrid format. The first week - which will be online - will consist of two private lessons per student and several additional online seminars, approximately 5 hours total. It is during this first week that students compose and refine their new works. The second week - which is in person - will consist of a daily combination of the following activities from approximately 9 AM to 5 PM:

• Private Composition Lessons (with UNCSA Faculty)
• Studio Class
• Topic Workshops such as: College/Conservatory Applications, Copyright, Networking for Composers
• Music Technology Seminars
• Classes in Music Theory, Analysis and Instrumentation
• Musical Improv Games

Summer Composition/Music Technology is a great preparatory workshop for students who will be auditioning for college and conservatory composition programs in the fall. Previous Summer Composition Workshop students have gone on to enroll in the top undergraduate music composition programs around the country including Oberlin Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Boston Conservatory, University of North Texas - School of Music, Catholic University - Benjamin T. Rome School of Music and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.