Composition school training courses in Detroit, MI (public, in-house or online)

Designed as a method for beginning choreography students to investigate different approaches to dance composition. This course combines the theory and practice of
dance composition including individual work as well as work with partners and
collaborative group studies.

The Bachelor of Music in Music Composition/Theory is a professional music degree that integrates two related disciplines. The composition instruction helps the student to find his or her individual voice as a composer; and the theory coursework provides the necessary foundations in harmony, counterpoint, and analytic techniques. Original compositions are written for a variety of instrument combinations and twentieth and twenty first century compositional techniques are analyzed, explained and ...

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This extensive program arms you with the songwriting and lyric writing tools you’ll need to develop your ideas into complete, engaging, effective songs. You’ll take a detailed look at the individual elements that make up lyric writing and songwriting, and learn the ways that professional songwriters put these elements together to create memorable hit songs. You’ll learn a ten-step process to reproduce the time-tested traits of successful songs while still maintaining your unique voice â€?a p...

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Arranging is the single most powerful and practical skill that a songwriter, composer or producer can master. In this course, you will learn to take command of the rhythm section: Keyboards, guitar, bass and drums. We’ll begin by exploring the nature, art and responsibility of being an arranger. Then we’ll develop your listening and analytical skills with in-depth song-form and arranging study of great music tracks. You’ll study specific melodic, rhythmic and harmonic elements of arranging, so y...

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This course develops students’ written communication skills with emphasis on understanding the writing process, analyzing readings, and practicing writing for personal and professional applications.
ENG 101 English Composition I is a required general education course for the Associate of Applied Science in Complementary Alternative Medicine degree program and strengthens all students�skills for their career and provides vital life skills in English composition.