Department of Theory, Composition & Musicology


For additional information contact Dr. Mario Rey Department Chair.

Composition: The ECU School of Music’s Composition program is devoted to helping you develop the skills necessary to pursue a professional and/or academic career in the composition of contemporary concert music.  More information, including application guidelines, can be found here.

  • Undergraduate Composition students pursue the Music BM, music Theory-Composition concentration, and a Composition emphasis
  • Graduate Music Composition students pursue the Music MM, with a Composition concentration.

Music Theory: The ECU School of Music’s Theory program is designed to help you develop your skills in music analysis, with specialized instruction in counterpoint, Schenkerian and post-tonal analysis, as well as music theory pedagogy.  More information, including the application guidelines, can be found here.

  • Undergraduate Music Theory students pursue the Music BM, Music Theory-Composition concentration, and a Theory emphasis
  • Graduate Music Theory students pursue the Music MM, with a Theory concentration.

Musicology: The ECU School of Music’s courses in Musicology encompasses required undergraduate courses in Music History & Literature and World Music, and upper-division/graduate electives exploring the history of  specific musical eras, as well as topics in ethnomusicology. The undergraduate course of study is designed to give you a basic orientation to the repertoires and styles of music in various societies, and to the place of music in human history and culture. The graduate (MM) curriculum leads students deeper into research and exploration of historical and cultural through music’s past. More information, including application guidelines, can be found here.

  • Graduate Musicology students pursue the Music MM; with a Music History and Literature concentration; and emphases in either Ethnomusicology or Historical Musicology.

Audition Day Exam Preparation

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Curricular Requirements in Composition:


Curricular Requirements in Theory: