Faculty
Karim Al-Zand
,
Professor of Composition and Theory
Damian Blättler
,
Assistant Professor of Music Theory
Anthony Brandt
,
Professor of Composition and Theory
Shih-Hui Chen
,
Professor of Composition and Theory
Arthur Gottschalk
,
Professor of Composition and Theory
Pierre Jalbert
,
Professor of Composition and Theory; Chair of Composition and Theory
Richard Lavenda
,
Professor of Composition and Theory and Director of Graduate Studies
Kurt Stallmann
,
Professor of Composition and Theory, Director of the Rice Electroacoustic Music Labs (REMLABS)
Composition Requirements
Online Prescreening Submission of your portfolio is due December 1 by 11:59 PM (EST)
Composers must submit a minimum of three compositions that are representative of their work. Please also submit an audio or video recording of each work, if available, to the graduate application. A live performance is preferred, but a MIDI recording is acceptable.
Prescreening decisions on your portfolio will be released mid-December. Applicants who pass the prescreening round will be contacted via email by a faculty member to set up an interview and a potential campus visit in late January or early February.