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Music Theory and Composition. Academic Program Description
A program that focuses on the study of the principles of sound manipulation as applied to the creation of music, and the techniques of creating and arranging music. Includes instruction in aural theory, melody, counterpoint, complex harmony, modulation, chromatics, improvisation, progressions, musical writing, instrumentation, orchestration, electronic and computer applications, studies of specific musical styles, and development of original creative ability.
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- Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
- Baldwin-Wallace College
- Baylor University
- Belmont University
- Bennington College
- Berklee College of Music
- Birmingham Southern College
- Bob Jones University
- Boston University
- Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
- Bradley University
- Brandeis University
- Brigham Young University
- Bucknell University
- Butler University
- California Institute of the Arts
- Campbell University Inc
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Carson-Newman College
- Catholic University of America
- Cedar Valley College
- Cedarville University
- Centenary College of Louisiana
- Central Michigan University
- Central Washington University
- Chapman University
- Clayton State University
- Cleveland Institute of Music
- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Concordia College at Moorhead
- Converse College
- Cornell University
- Cornerstone University
- CUNY Brooklyn College
- DePaul University
- Dillard University
- Duquesne University
- East Carolina University
- Eastern Washington University
- Florida Southern College
- Florida State University
- Furman University
- Hardin-Simmons University
- Henry Ford Community College
- Houghton College
- Houston Baptist University
- Houston Community College System
- Huntington University
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Indiana Wesleyan University
- Ithaca College
- Jacksonville University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Keene State College
- Kent State University-Kent Campus
- Lawrence University
- Lindenwood University
- Longy School of Music
- Loyola University New Orleans
- Manhattan School of Music
- Marylhurst University
- McLennan Community College
- Meredith College
- Michigan State University
- Mills College
- Mississippi College
- Nazareth College of Rochester
- Newberry College
- Northern Arizona University
- North Greenville University
- Northwestern University
- Northwest Nazarene University
- Northwest University
- Nyack College
- Oakland University
- Oakwood College
- Oberlin College
- Ohio Northern University
- Ohio State University-Main Campus
- Ohio University-Main Campus
- Oklahoma Baptist University
- Oklahoma City University
- Oral Roberts University
- Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
- Pepperdine University
- Point Loma Nazarene University
- Randolph-Macon Woman's College
- Rider University
- Rochester Community and Technical College
- Roosevelt University
- Rowan University
- Samford University
- Sam Houston State University
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- Shenandoah University
- Southern Methodist University
- Stanford University
- Stetson University
- St. Olaf College
- SUNY at Buffalo
- SUNY at Fredonia
- SUNY-Potsdam
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- Texas Christian University
- Texas Tech University
- The College of Wooster
- The Curtis Institute of Music
- The Juilliard School
- The New England Conservatory of Music
- The New School
- The University of Montana
- The University of Texas at Austin
- The University of Texas at El Paso
- The University of Texas at San Antonio
- The University of the Arts
- Union University
- University of Akron Main Campus
- University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
- University of Dayton
- University of Delaware
- University of Georgia
- University of Houston
- University of Idaho
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
- University of Miami
- University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- University of Minnesota-Duluth
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- University of Nebraska at Omaha
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- University of Northern Iowa
- University of North Texas
- University of Oregon
- University of Redlands
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Rochester
- University of South Carolina-Columbia
- University of Southern California
- University of Southern Maine
- University of the Pacific
- University of Tulsa
- University of Washington - Seattle
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- University of Wyoming
- Valparaiso University
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington State University
- Webster University
- Western Connecticut State University
- Western Michigan University
- Western Washington University
- Westminster College
- West Texas A & M University
- Wheaton College
- Whitman College
- Wilberforce University
- Willamette University
- William Jewell College
- Youngstown State University