Vision and Mission of the Department

The Vision

Theory & Composition Department strives for leadership in the field of music culture and creative musical skills, achieving quality and excellence locally, regionally, and globally.

The Mission

To prepare graduates who are distinguished academically, professionally, and skillfully in the field of music, capable of competing and meeting the demands of the labor market. This is achieved through a scientific approach based on diverse research, particularly applied research, to achieve sustainable development, serve the local and national community, and disseminate musical culture and enhance artistic taste locally and regionally.

Creative Music Skills Courses

• Harmony, the science of forming triads, based on the choral four-part writing rules of the 18^th and the first half of the 19^th centuries.
• Counterpoint, the science of forming or interlocking melodies horizontally, according to the modal/strict counterpoint, on the style of Palestrina.
• Music Instrumentation, in which students apply idiomatic musical writing for each instrument of the orchestra, particularly the various aspects of performance styles techniques specific to each instrument, as well as how to prepare a complete musical score and separate instrumental parts.
• Vocal and Orchestration Arrangement, in which students can prepare a pre-composition and arrange it for human voices or orchestral instruments.