CREATE
Compose, produce, and develop original work across digital and emerging musical forms.
Music Creation and Technology
Where artistry and innovation meet.
Music is evolving—and so are the ways it’s created, performed, and experienced. Eastman’s BM in Music Creation and Technology program brings digital innovation and serious musical study together for students ready to shape what’s next in music.
What you’ll do here.
EXPERIMENT
Push creative boundaries through new technologies, tools, and evolving modes of musical expression.
COLLABORATE
Work alongside musicians, creators, and innovators across disciplines and artistic practices.
BUILD
Design and develop the tools, systems, and experiences that power music creation.
Ready to take the next step?
A program for the future of music.
Learn how Eastman’s faculty are preparing students to create, innovate, and lead at the intersection of music and technology.
Virtual Information Sessions
Want to learn more? Join us for a virtual Information session, on September 24th or October 22nd to learn more about the Music Creation and Technology major. A portion of the presentation will include a short instructional session led in real time by Prof. DeSantis. He will also share about this exciting new program, including curriculum, application requirements, and a question/answer session for attendees.
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Where creativity and technology can take you.
Potential pathways include:
Music Production
Electronic Music Creation
Sound Design
Software/Hardware Development
Why Eastman
Innovation means more when it’s grounded in musical excellence. At Eastman, students in Music Creation and Technology develop creative and technical fluency within one of the world’s premier music schools.
“Professor DeSantis’ class is kind of like a workshop and a lab where we all explore the different types of music and different contemporary styles of music and bring them to the table and kind of workshop them a little bit and talk about them. Talk about what works and what doesn’t; what are different elements of different styles of music.”
– Joel Hoo ’26E (MM)
Application and Admissions Criteria
In addition to the standard Eastman application requirements, applicants will submit a portfolio of work consisting of original compositions, as well as a reconstruction, cover, or remix of an existing work chosen from a list of very recent music. Additionally, students will submit videos in which they talk through their music-making process and perform music from their portfolio, either on a traditional instrument or with electronics. Applicants are also invited to submit additional work outside of the above categories (e.g. original software or hardware projects.) All applicants will be interviewed via Zoom to discuss and demonstrate aspects of their portfolio submissions.
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