MFA in Music Composition Archive

Megan DiGeorgio ('20) was recently selected by Fear No Music, a new music and advocacy group based in Portland, OR, to compose...

Hub New Music is “one of the most talked about younger contemporary classical ensembles” (Oregon ArtsWatch). With its unique...

Comprised of three forward-thinking musicians, Kylwyria actively pursues collaborations with living composers and illuminates work written since Gyorgy Ligeti’s seminal Trio for Violin, Horn, and...

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...

Congratulations to MFA in Music Composition alum Kyle Pederson (2017)!

Carla Kihlstedt is a songwriter, composer, singer and violinist.

Rick Baitz composes chamber, electronic, vocal, orchestral, and film music, as well as music for theater and dance. His work has been performed at venues...

Michael Early makes music at the elusive borders of the classical, the popular, the traditional, and the avant-garde. He will happily use any technique or...

Jonathan Bailey Holland’s music has been commissioned and performed by numerous orchestras, including the Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Colorado, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis, Minnesota,...

Composer, author, and bandleader Andy Jaffe recently retired from teaching in the Williams College Department of Music, where he founded the jazz program and was...