What will I learn?

CCM's composition programs provide students with a knowledge of music both past and present. In addition, students study the various analytical and compositional procedures of music.CCM's composition programs serve as a resource for all music students, and especially composition majors, enriching the already active musical atmosphere of the college.Courses cover introductory electronic music, techniques, advanced computer and electroacoustic music composition, music programming, timbre studies, multimedia composition and improvisation.The CCM Center for Computer Music contains several classroom studios and smaller rooms, working environments for composition, research and performance. The facilities contain 8-channel, 5.1 and stereo audio systems.CCM is a college within the University of Cincinnati, a major undergraduate university and graduate research institution of more than 40,000 students. The synergy created by housing CCM within a comprehensive public university gives the college its unique character and defines its objective: to educate and inspire the whole artist and scholar for positions on the world's stage.

Which department am I in?

College-Conservatory of Music

Study options

Full Time (10 Semesters)

Tuition fees

$29,056.00 (24,51,569) per year

$50 Matriculation fee

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

August 2027

Venue

Uptown West Campus

2600 Clifton Avenue,

Cincinnati,

Ohio,

45221, Midwest, United States

Entry requirements

For international students

For our graduate programs, we welcome applications from students who hold a baccalaureate degree (or higher) from a college or university regarded as standard by a regional or general accrediting agency, and have at least a B average in undergraduate course work (or otherwise give evidence of promise that is judged satisfactory by the admitting program and the Graduate School).

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.