


The NOW MUSIC Festival, an annual celebration of contemporary music at Capital University, exposes students to a wide range of living composers and performers and their music. With weekly student recitals, composition master classes, student performance recitals, and ensemble rehearsals and concerts, there are almost limitless opportunities to hear your music performed. For a composer, hearing a musician perform your music for the first time - when until then you’ve only heard it in your mind - it’s like completing a thought or punctuating a sentence. And, you will have complete access to the Conservatory's state-of-the-art recording and MIDI-based electronic music studios.īest of all, your work will be performed. Extensive training begins on day one of your first year and includes everything from theory and history to orchestration, arranging, audio production and more. You'll be encouraged to become fluent in them all to strengthen your own creativity. In our composition program, we value all styles of music, from classical and contemporary to popular, jazz, rock and electronic. Balanced and DiverseĪt Capital, we seek out diversity in all we do. In fact, you may be surprised to learn that many members of our faculty are nationally and internationally known composers and arrangers. Google Dina Lentsner, Russ Nagy, Stan Smith or Tony Zilincik and see what we mean.Īdd to that the ability to study both traditional and jazz/contemporary techniques within the context of one program, and you have the perfect orchestration for student success. A well-known-and-respected resident faculty and world-class guest composers add to the lure. Why Capital scores with composition studentsĮxtensive training, access to first-class technology, and dozens of ensembles that will perform your music and test your skills and talent - those are just a few of the reasons Capital is a destination school for composition.īut that's only the beginning. Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching.Capital High Impact Project (CHIP) Grant.Trinity Lutheran Seminary at Capital University.
