The Composition degree program will prepare its graduate for a career as a professional composer. What does it offer?

The Composition study program is taught at the Composition, Conducting, and Opera Directing Department. This multidisciplinary department teaches future composers not only the “craft” itself but also the close cooperation with multimedia creators, conductors, choral directors, opera directors, and audio engineers. Students learn not only to compose but also to think about music-making in a modern way. 

What does JAMU provide for the students of Composition?

• A university full of top performers
  
• Two state-of-the-art studios for electroacoustic music production
  
• Fully equipped theatre
  
• Chamber Hall 
  
• Interactive technology
  
• Multi-channel audio systems  
  
• Plenty of professional software and hardware
  
• Professional recording studio
  
• Modular synthesizer in classroom 113
  
• For fieldwork, JAMU offers a well-equipped rental room with microphones, field recorders, video cameras, scanners and other tools

What is the emphasis of teaching in this program? 

Practical verification of the acquired knowledge – these include the creation and public presentation of compositions for different instrumental ensembles, including electroacoustic music, collaboration on the preparation of films and theatre performances, the creation of multimedia projects and the participation of students in various interdisciplinary projects, etc.