MFA in Music Composition Archive

Don’s music career began in the 1980s. He worked extensively in regional theater, notably The American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, MA) and Anne Bogart’s SITI Company...

Robert Frankenberry enjoys a multi-faceted relationship with music as a singer, pianist, conductor, orchestrator, director, and even occasionally as a composer.

“Art is change. Art is a catalyst for organizing and moving people to action. Art has the power to reflect / reimagine / articulate ...

Award-winning Liberian-Norwegian pianist Kamilla Arku draws on her diverse background as inspiration for her work as a performer and educator.

Called “contemporary chamber trailblazers” by the Boston Globe, Hub New Music is a “nimble quartet of winds and strings” (NPR) forging new...

The Thalea String Quartet brings their signature vibrancy and emotional commitment to dynamic performances that reflect the past, present, and future of the string quartet...

Equally at home performing new contemporary and experimental works, playing to picture, improvising on jazz pieces, backing songwriters, and more, Anna’s Ghost plays and performs...

Frank J. Oteri is a composer and music journalist based in New York City whose syncretic compositional style, which combines emotional directness with an obsession...

Pianist, musicologist, and music industry professional Trudy Chan, since moving to New York City from Hong Kong in 2002, has enjoyed a busy career as...

Fellowship grant funds from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation will support the two VCFA faculty members' creative work and scholarship.