<p>I Want To Majored In Composition( CONTEMPORARY MOSTLY ) And Wondering If There Are Good Schools In California For Composition.</p>
<p>Give Cal Arts a try . And check out their new "Red Cat" space at the Disney
Center.</p>
<p>USC has a great composition program with Frank Ticheli on faculty. However it is very competetive to get in to.</p>
<p>i also have the same concerns. i am a transfer student looking to study classical composition/music technology at a university in cali. USC is a great school but I don't know if I can afford it. I am also thinking about double majoring with anthropology. </p>
<p>can anybody suggest a school with decent music program, and affordable tuition??</p>
<p>also i want to double major as my backup. i think people who succeed in music are talented, and not because of education or degree. what do you think?</p>
<p>tuition depending....</p>
<p>Redlands
UCSB (CCS)
UCSD
USC
UOP
Cal Poly SLO, new resources
Humboldt State</p>
<p>and probably others like Northridge...I don't have information on that.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley (especially for electronic music -- CNMAT)
UCLA (including film music)</p>
<p>USC I'd say has by far the best program in CA for composition; anyone interested in composition should at least apply there regardless of tuition costs. It's probably the only school that could stack up against composition depts in the East or Midwest.</p>
<p>USC, UCSD, calarts, UCB, UCLA, Stanford</p>