Listen to an interview with the keyboardist, composer, and computer music pioneer Brad Garton. He’s best known for his work ...

Award-winning designer and artist Arvind Sanjeev has created his latest vision for music creators. SPIN, an AI music synthesizer, challenges conventional notions of music creation by inviting users to ...

This year’s competition drew 526 submissions from 46 countries, reflecting the global scope and prestige of the award.

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

Undergraduate composition majors begin their studies immediately with individual private lessons and weekly attendance at composition seminars. The program aims to build a solid technical and musical ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in partnership with Universal Music Group, has announced the renewal of the the Jonas Gwangwa Music Composition Initiative, a development program for ...

Between the 50 pianos and the instruments in the orchestra, the total number of strings the audience hears is closer to ...

With the music for the ballet The Rite of Spring, Igor Stravinsky made an indelible mark on the future of music composition. The Rite of Spring broke many boundaries; influencing future generations to ...

In 1978, the first installment of the Star Wars film saga earned John Williams a Music, Original Score Oscar. Forty two years later, the first season of the first live-action Star Wars TV series, ...

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 ...