The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra's Music Composition Academy is highlighted in this documentary. See how the academy gives young people a voice and validation by giving them the ability to compose ...

Suzanne L. Burton, senior associate dean for the Arts in the College of Arts and Sciences, and professor of music education, has published a chapter titled “Facilitating Songwriting with Children,” in ...

Music composition and improvisation represent two intertwined yet distinct expressions of creative musical practice. Whereas composition often involves the deliberate crafting of musical structures ...