Composition

Studies in the Composition specialisation aim to develop your artistic profile as a composer through projects with professional ensembles, musicians, choirs and orchestras.

The composition specialization is focused on composition and arranging. Composition studies are based on projects, individual supervision and seminars. In the composition specialisation, you also study arrangement, orchestration, harmony, and counterpoint. Projects include practical work with various ensemble constellations, film and game music, and musical drama. In the Composition programme, we perform collaborative projects with professional ensembles and orchestras. You can also supplement your program of study through electives and supplementary courses.

The programme includes three main perspectives:

1. Musical profile (composition and arranging).
2. The craft of music (music theory, keyboard harmony, ensemble conducting, introduction to music business, and survey of related arts).
3. Music and society, artistic research process, and degree project.

The programme provides you with a good foundation for further studies at the Master's level (60 credit or 120 credit programme) or a supplementary teacher education programme. Our teachers have extensive teaching experience, and several are active both nationally and internationally as musicians, composers or conductors.

• Apply to composition

• How do I become a composer?

• Bachelor Programme in Music

Your teachers

Composition

• Jan Sandström

• Fredrik Högberg

Theory

• Jörgen Häll

• Aaron Sunstein

Per Högberg

Degree Project

• Åsa Unander-Scharin

• Stefan Östersjö

Arrangement and instrumentation

Hans Hjortek