Musical composition is essentially the creation of sound, frequency and vibration. We create a series of sounds, frequencies and vibrations by putting them together. While there are seemingly ...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - After 25 years, a composer finally saw his score performed live as it made it’s North American debut Saturday night, at Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. When ...

Music composition and improvisation represent two intertwined yet distinct expressions of creative musical practice. Whereas composition often involves the deliberate crafting of musical structures ...

There are plenty of superlatives thrown Benjamin Araujo’s way, but “musical prodigy” is likely the most common. As the 2017 winner of the Very Young Composers Program at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen ...

A heartfelt musical composition will be played every hour among the cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to mark the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece — titled “loved.” — ...

A musical composition designed to take well over 600 years to play has gone through its first chord change in seven years. Entitled “As Slow as Possible” (ASLSP), the composition by the late American ...

Lace fragments used to compose scores for LACE, an ongoing project by Zeena Parkins (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Delicate and fine, Shetland lace was made popular in the 19th century ...

WELCOME TO WIU MUSIC COMPOSITION Students majoring in Music Composition at Western Illinois University have the opportunity to study theory, analysis, and a wide variety of compositional techniques ...

Find and develop your own compositional voice and learn how to turn your musical ideas into dynamic performances and published works. Students hone their skills in styles they are passionate about ...