About the course

As a Composition major, hearing your music performed is an essential part of your development as a composer. At Lamont, you have many opportunities to hear your works performed on a regular basis. These include

　　Lamont Composers Concert Series (LCCS): a quarterly concert featuring music by our Composition majors and minors.

　　Lamont Symphony Orchestra New Music Recording Session: an annual recording session of students' works for orchestra.

　　Modern Music Ensemble: an innovative chamber ensemble in which composers work with an ensemble every week in the development of a new composition, culminating in an end-of-the-quarter performance.

　　Visiting Professional Ensembles: in the recent past, influential ensembles like NOW Ensemble, Playground Ensemble, and many others, have performed and recorded new works by our student composers.

　　Composer-Singer Collaboration: a biannual collaboration between the Composition and Opera departments in which composers collaborate with M.M. Voice majors on a new work for voice and piano, culminating in a concert of these new works.

　　Orchestration Readings: A recorded reading session with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra is the final activity in our Orchestration course, offered annually.

　　Other Lamont ensembles: our composers frequently write new pieces for the various Lamont ensembles they perform in, such as Steel Drum Ensemble.

　　Our world-class and stylistically diverse faculty have expertise in all corners of the classical music world, including: orchestral and chamber music, opera, electronics, installations, performance art, wind ensemble, and more. Sean Friar, winner of the Rome Prize and Chair of the Composition Department, has had commissions that run the gamut from works for orchestra and string quartet to a junk car percussion concerto, music for laptop orchestra, and a microtonal piano duo. His music has been performed at major venues throughout the world and he has received commissions from ensembles including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic Scharoun Ensemble, the American Composers Orchestra, the Cabrillo Festival, Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Modern, and many more. Award-winning composer Leanna Kirchoff brings decades of experience to the composition studio. Her music has been performed at Carnegie Hall and included in the Ernest Bloch and 9th New London Wind Festivals. Composer and artist Nathan Hall has been called a try-anything aural dreamer with the skills and programming genius to mount ideas both intriguing and outrageous. A recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship to Iceland, his works have been performed and exhibited in 14 countries and 12 US States by ensembles including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, and the Gay/Lesbian Chorus of San Francisco. As a Composition major, you will have weekly lessons with one of our faculty, over the course of your time as a student, you'll have an opportunity to study with each teacher. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 8 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Fall (September), 2024	Denver
Fall (September), 2025	Denver

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for University of Denver

All Transcripts required.

　　Submit your ACT, SAT score.

　　TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language): A TOEFL score of 80 or higher with no subscore below 18.

　　IELTS (International English Language Testing System): An IELTS score of 6.5 or higher with no band score below 5.5.

　　

English language requirements

　　6.5

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 80.0

　　

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Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at University of Denver. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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