Juilliard is a performing arts school located at the Lincoln Center in New York City. The prestigious school offers jazz studies, vocal arts and opera, and music technology, with degrees ranging from bachelor of music to master of music to various artist diplomas. The bachelor of music program offers courses in composition, guitar, harpsichord, jazz studies, orchestral instruments, organ, piano, and voice. Students are accepted into Juilliard based of their performance auditions at the school.
The Juilliard School
60 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY
212-799-5000
www.juilliard.edu
Located in Boston, Massachusetts, the Berklee College of Music has a long-standing reputation for giving students valuable educations in music. Some notable Berklee graduates include Alf Clausen, Vinnie Colaiuta, Melissa Etheridge, Keith Jarrett, Quincy Jones, Branford Marsalis, John Mayor, and many more distinguished musicians. According to the college's website, the students geared toward composition can study arranging, film and television scoring, twentieth-century compositional techniques, instrumentation, orchestration, and more. Among the 12 compositional majors to choose from, there are composition, jazz composition, film scoring, contemporary writing and production, songwriting, and more.
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02215
617-266-1400
www.berklee.edu
The University of Southern California (USC) Thornton School of Music "consistently ranks among the top one percent of the nation's music schools and conservatories," according to the USC website. Located in the entertainment capital of the world, Los Angeles, the school offers bachelor of music, master of music, and doctor of musical arts degrees. The Thornton School of Music offers a total of 16 undergraduate majors, five minors, 18 master's degrees, two certificate programs, six doctor of musical arts programs, and one doctor of philosophy program in a variety of programs such as Composition and Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television.
Department of Composition
USC Thornton School of Music
Los Angeles, CA 90089
213-740-7416
www.usc.edu/