Undergraduate Composition Scholarships
Under the Mizzou New Music Initiative two highly competitive full-tuition scholarships will be awarded each year to entering freshmen seeking a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition.
Composition scholarship recipients benefit from:
- Working with distinguished composition faculty members Dr. W. Thomas McKenney and Dr. Stefan Freund.
- An established composition program that regularly produces national competition winners.
- Collaborating with a new music ensemble dedicated to performing works by student composers.
- Opportunities to work with C.O.M.P., the Creating Original Music Project, which supports composition activities in grades K-12.
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This scholarship is directed at students composing “fine art” acoustic, electronic, and electroacoustic music. It may take the form of solo pieces, pieces accompanied by piano, chamber music, works for larger ensembles such as bands or orchestras, or works for electronic media. In today’s pluralistic musical world such music may be influenced by a variety of musical styles, ranging from classical to popular.
OTHER NEW MUSIC INITIATIVE COMPONENTS
New Music Ensemble Graduate Assistantships
Mizzou New Music Summer Festival
Creating Original Music Project (COMP)
Composer Connection (a distance-learning initiative)