4 Short courses in Music Composition in California, United States

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.

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.