这种集中的目的是培养学生作为专业作曲家，作曲的博士生和作曲的老师。成功的申请人拥有代表各种媒体和技术的作品集。必须对作品集/录音进行审查。音乐表演（音乐学士）为学生做好表演音乐家或录音室教师的职业准备。需要具有强大的音乐阅读和表演背景（包括参加学校乐队，合唱团或管弦乐队，以小组形式和作为独奏者的表演经验以及私人学习）。许多这样集中的学生在青年乐队等社区团体中表现出色，并在公共音乐会和独奏会中演出。入场需要试镜。
This concentration prepares students for graduate study in composition, careers as professional composers and teachers of composition. Successful applicants demonstrate success in undergraduate theory and aural skills classes, have a portfolio of compositions and successfully pass an entrance jury. A portfolio of compositions with accompanying recordings for review as well as completion of Theory IV and Aural Skills IV is required. The mission of the School of Music is to preserve, promote and advance humanity's rich and expanding tradition of artistic music-making through performance, composition, education and research in accordance with the urban and global initiatives of the university. Students have the opportunity to work with an internationally acclaimed faculty of 40 full-time and 24 part-time faculty in concentrations such as performance, pedagogy, music education, conducting, composition and jazz studies.