What does the Composition study program offer its students?

Their compositions will be regularly included in concerts, which will help the students to check how well they have succeeded in transforming their compositional ideas into a realistic form. Students will also learn different types of notation, such as classical notation, proportional notation, or even alternative forms of notation such as graphic scores. The goal is to teach the students to write down any type of music. The songs that will be played at the concerts will always be recorded in the highest quality; therefore, they will be a great basis for the student's own creative libraries. The students will also encounter a number of interesting concepts such as various extended instrument playing techniques, alternative harmony systems, microtonality, and different types of tuning. They will have a real philharmonic orchestra for their graduate composition. 

How long do Composition studies take at JAMU? 

It is a five-year master’s degree program. If graduates of bachelor’s degree programs from other schools are interested in studying this program, they can apply for the entrance examination, take the bridging examination and, after successfully passing both of them, advance directly to the fourth year of studies at JAMU.

And what else can students learn at JAMU?

 The teaching also includes the basics of marketing, law, economics and psychology. They can also visit our partner institutions abroad to gather more experience.