Music Composition Courses
Music composition courses can help you learn melody creation, harmony development, orchestration techniques, and the structure of various musical forms. You can build skills in arranging music for different ensembles, writing for specific instruments, and developing your unique voice as a composer. Many courses introduce software tools like Sibelius or Finale for notation, as well as digital audio workstations like Ableton Live or Logic Pro, that support producing and refining your compositions.
Popular Music Composition Courses and Certifications
California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Software Design Documents, Ideation, Writing
Curtis Institute of Music
Skills you'll gain: Music Performance, Instrumental Music, Music History, Classical Music, Performing Arts, Music, Music Theory, Musical Composition
California Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Information Architecture, Persona (User Experience), UI/UX Strategy, User Experience Design, Web Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, User Experience, Wireframing, User Interface (UI), User Research, UI/UX Research, Web Design and Development, User Centered Design, Design Strategies, Persona Development, Design Research, Mockups, Usability Testing, Software Development Methodologies, Target Audience
Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Music, Music Performance, Instrumental Music, Performing Arts, Coordination, Mental Concentration
Duke University
Skills you'll gain: World Music, Music History, Music, Musical Composition, Music Theory, Aesthetics, Instrumental Music, Multimedia, Performing Arts, Electronic Media, Liberal Arts, Creativity, Cultural Diversity
Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: Music History, Classical Music, Music, Music Theory, Musical Composition, Music Performance, Performing Arts, Storytelling
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Music History, Classical Music, Music Theory, Instrumental Music, Music, Musical Composition, Music Performance
The Museum of Modern Art
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, Creative Thinking, Instructional Strategies, Creative Problem-Solving, Learning Strategies, Liberal Arts, Analytical Skills, Self-Awareness, Writing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skills you'll gain: Materials science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physical Science, Mechanics
Skills you'll gain: Plotly, Dashboard, Dashboard Creation, Interactive Data Visualization, Plot (Graphics), Data Storytelling, Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Spatial Data Analysis, Data Presentation, Statistical Visualization, Geospatial Mapping, Exploratory Data Analysis, Scatter Plots, Box Plots, Data Analysis, Data Wrangling, Data Science, Pandas (Python Package), Python Programming
Wesleyan University
Skills you'll gain: Storytelling, Writing, Creativity
Dartmouth College
Skills you'll gain: Music Theory, Music History, Musical Composition, Music, Classical Music, Instrumental Music, Performing Arts, Storytelling
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular music composition courses
- Story and Narrative Development for Video Games: California Institute of the Arts
- Exploring Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Part 4: Curtis Institute of Music
- Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture: California Institute of the Arts
- Guitar Performance Techniques: Berklee
- Art of the MOOC: Experiments with Sound: Duke University
- Introduction to Italian Opera: Dartmouth College
- The Piano Sonata: Origins to Mozart: University of Michigan
- Art & Activity: Interactive Strategies for Engaging with Art: The Museum of Modern Art
- Material Behavior: Georgia Institute of Technology
- Data Visualization and Storytelling with Plotly in Python: Board Infinity
