The faculty of the Jacobs School's Department of Composition is thoroughly committed to providing the best environment, stimulation, training and opportunities for young composers, acting individually as teachers and mentors and together as a department. The number of students in the department averages around fifty, split fairly evenly between graduate and undergraduate students; all receive week
ly private lessons with the artist faculty. IU composition students have been outstandingly successful, winning recognition in competitions, receiving significant commissions and performances, and finding placement in the academic and professional world when they complete their studies. Our students are also quite diverse in many ways and display a high regard for the interests, ideas, and creations of their student colleagues, an attitude that is strongly supported by the philosophy and structure of the composition department.
