Overview

Develop your musical thought in all media, including electroacoustic music and visual music. Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance fosters innovation, collaboration and trains students as they advance their craft and expressive effect.

About this Program

Immerse yourself in contemporary practices, theories and techniques through the study of postromantic music literature. The program of Composition-Music at Temple University provides essential learning experiences for music students. The small student body enables close mentoring relationships to form with the composition faculty who are internationally performed composers.

Hear your works performed through regular new student composition concerts. Listen to works of established 20th-century composers being performed by the New Music Ensemble and the Contemporary Music Ensemble. The city of Philadelphia offers tremendous opportunities to explore musical composition and performance year round.

Students seeking this full-time, 124-credit academic degree within the Boyer College of Music and Dance will have to complete Temple’s General Studies curriculum and take a minimum of two writing-intensive courses. In culmination, create a portfolio of musical compositions demonstrating notational fluency and talent in composing convincing and intelligible music.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Composition

Conducting

Secondary Piano

Theory

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

124 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

Music Composition View 312 other Bachelors in Music Composition in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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General requirements

Recommendation

Standardized Test Scores

Transcripts

Composition Portfolio

Applicants who pass the prescreening requirements are invited for a live interview and portfolio review, as well as diagnostic and piano testing, with Boyer faculty members.
The deadline for all prescreening portfolios is Jan. 1.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

39072 USD / year

≈ 39072 USD / year
Out-of-State

39072 USD / year

≈ 39072 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

22248 USD / year

≈ 22248 USD / year

Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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Overview

About this Program

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Philadelphia

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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