VCFA MFA in Music Composition

03/19/2026

03/06/2026

Come learn more about the low residency MFA in Music Composition Program and the application process.

In these sessions we will discuss:
MFA in Music Composition overview
What is Low Residency?
Curriculum & Faculty Mentorship
Preparing Your Application
Q&A

Register for these sessions, by visiting the event page > Link in Bio.

01/15/2026

Congratulations to the graduating class of W26.
What a wonderful residency. You have all raised the bar, and left us inspired. Wishing everyone a fruitful and prosperous path ahead.

01/07/2026

Tangle of Rainbows & Anna’s Ghost double showcase was beautiful.

01/06/2026

The Tangle of Rainbows ensemble concert No.1 was amazing.

01/05/2026

Composer-Performer-Improvisor Showcase.

01/04/2026

Electronic music showcase, at the ROD.

01/03/2026

And we are on. Rehearsals are on the way, in preparation for our ensemble concerts, during W26 residency.

06/03/2025

Tonight at 8pm in NYC! PRISM Players presents a concert featuring many VCFA faculty, alumnx and students! Check out the concert at Opera America!

Pieces will be performed by faculty members &

Featured composers: , Rikki Bell, , .m.kirkpatrick, B.M. Stein,

Also tonight, student Bryndon J. Ráschaul has a premiere at the Brooklyn Art Haus, at their Contemporaneous Open Mic series!!

Lots of great stuff happening tonight, congratulations everyone!

06/01/2025

This weekend in Park Slope, Brooklyn , is faculty member Don DiNicola's , A Girl and Her Pet Wasp, an opera in four acts.⁠ Today is an outdoor performance with puppets at 5:30 pm! ⁠
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The MFA in Music Composition program encourages anyone in the area to attend. As Don DiNicola says, this performance is a “great way for the [VCFA] community to see what’s possible when we work together.” ⁠
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Music and Libretto: Don DiNicola, Music Composition Core Faculty⁠
Music Director: Robert Frankenberry, Music Composition Residency Faculty⁠
Conductor: Roger Zahab, Music Composition Faculty Co-Chair⁠
Engraver: Devin Barone (MC ‘20), Music Composition Assistant Director⁠
Special Thanks: Trudy Chan, Black Tea Music, Music Composition Residency Faculty

05/27/2025

TONIGHT AT 7PM ET! Very soon!
VCFA is excited to invite film & video game composer Disasterpeace (Rich Vreeland) to present for us on Zoom.

Weird Sibling as Sequel: Procedural Audio in Mini Motorways

Mini Motorways is in many ways the “weird sibling” sequel to the game Mini Metro, just as road networks inspire commuter chaos in ways that a metro system could only dream of. This talk will explore how we took the hyper clean procedural audio design from the first game and circuit-bent it for a sequel that is purposely and inherently messier in just about every way.⁠
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Rich Vreeland ties the name Disasterpeace to the things he sends into the sonic ether. Disasterpeace has 63 albums and counting to its credit, in addition to having designed, scored and programmed sound and music related things in a number of mediums including games, film, and beyond.

Link: https://calarts.zoom.us/meeting/register/C4xHp119Qc69DmUSU7Ax6g Please Join us!