15 Short courses in Music Composition

Designed for those familiar with the basics of Media Composer’s editing tools, this three-day course in Media Composer - Fundamentals II offered by Middlesex University uses real-world projects to teach the essentials of how to create audio and video effects using Media Composer.

Kadenze's Music Information Retrieval program offers a comprehensive introduction to the emerging research area of Music Information Retrieval (MIR). Topics include techniques from signal processing, machine learning, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, and software engineering are applied in the design and development of MIR algorithms and systems.

Throughout this Exploring Piano Literature - The Piano Sonata, Specialization course offered by Coursera in partnership with University of Michigan you'll discover the Piano Sonata. Identify, analyze, and relate the parts: inhabit the composer’s workshop and understand how masterworks are buil.

Whether you’re a budding musician or an established artist, this Creative Songwriting for Beginners course at the University of Roehampton will help you develop your skills and express yourself through the power of music.

Join artist Theo Williams for an energising five-day summer school focused on Creative Songwriting and Performance at the University of Roehampton.

The Composition Summer Course for Ages 14 - 21 programme from Guildhall School of Music & Drama is a unique opportunity for you to develop your composition skills and write a piece for a small instrumental ensemble. 

The objective of this Postgraduate Certificate Program, the Kodály System Specialist Training Program is to train professionals of musical competences who are able to make their students feel the emotional dominance of musical education and consider the artistic, communicative, and educational function of music as well as its functions of personality development and conveying experiences.

In this Film Scoring certificate at UCLA Extension you will learn the craft and business of creating original music for film, tv and more through hands-on practice.

In The Singer Songwriter Specialization offered by Coursera in partnership with Berklee, you will learn all the skills you need to write, perform, and record your own original music. 

Aimed at producers, editors and assistant editors, this two-day course in Media Composer - Fundamentals I offered by Middlesex University provides a comprehensive introduction to the range of editing features available within Media Composer.

The Composition Summer Course for Ages 21 programme from Guildhall School of Music & Drama  is a unique opportunity for composers to develop their composition skills and write a contemporary solo piece for specific instrumentalists. 

Explore a variety of songwriting techniques and creative tools to inspire new ideas in this Introduction to Songwriting course from Bath Spa University

This Creative Song Composition for Beginners workshop at the University of Roehampton is designed to help you master the foundational skills of songwriting composition, allowing you to craft songs that are both melodically and structurally captivating.

This Introduction to Songwriting course offered by University of Cambridge is a course for anyone interested in writing songs, whether they consider themselves to be just beginners or more experienced songwriters.

The Songmaking program at the University of Manitoba gives musicians of popular genres intensive training in the essential skills they need to write, record, produce, and promote their music, all while being mentored by notable industry professionals.