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Welcome to the Music Composition program at CUA!
  We are a vibrant, innovative, and growing program preparing students at all levels for successful careers in new music.  We invite you to learn more about our activities, our faculty, and our students.

Upcoming performances
Composition Calendar,
Fall 08
   Competitions and other opportunities
Competitions and Opportunities
   Visiting Composers Series
Visiting Composers Series
 
Careers in composition
Careers in composition
  Links to new music sites
Links to new music sites
  New music from CUA (mp3 files)
New music from CUA (mp3 files)

November Composition Events include: Composition Division recital, Thursday, Nov. 13; Student composer orchestral readings, Nov. 17; Stage Music Scenes, Nov. 20; Premiere of DMA student Kyle Gullings' new commissioned choral work, Christmas on the Plains, by the CUA Women's Chorus, Nov. 22; Kyle Gullings' incidental music to CUA Drama's production of Miranda is Morning, Nov. 20-23.  Click here for a full list of fall 2008 composition events!

We are proud to welcome our new Theory-Composition faculty member, Dr. Stephen Gorbos, who joins the School of Music this fall.  Dr. Gorbos received his doctorate from Cornell University in 2008.

We are also pleased to welcome the DC-based Great Noise Ensemble as Ensemble in Residence at the School of Music during the fall 2008 semester.  GNE will perform the bulk of its 2008-09 season concerts at CUA, as well as give readings and performance of works by CUA students and faculty. 
    
A good day for the composition program.  A glance at the calendar of events for Friday, May 2, the final day of the spring 2008 semester, offers a glimpse into the multiple activities of the CUA composition program.  Click here to see the events of that day.