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Brandeis University was founded in 1948.A private university located in Waltham, a suburb of Boston.Currently, there are about 60 students from more than 5,000 countries around the world and more than 480 professors.The ratio of students to one professor is nine, which is a privileged environment with a small number of students.The university consists of only one college course and four graduate school courses.This compactness enables a small number of elites, and in the past has produced three Pulitzer Prizes, one Nobel Prize, and many Emmy Award winners. In 1, US News & World Report magazine ranked 9th in American universities and 1nd in best value.Even in the brilliant university rankings such as Princeton Review, Forbes, and Kiplinger, it has been highly evaluated as the top in the country.The Faculty of Music was founded by the American composer Irving Fine.Since then, the guidance of excellent professors such as world-renowned composers, award-winning writers, scholars, and performers has been alive and well.You will be taught the pursuit of intelligence along with music and will awaken you to your sleeping creativity.In the university course, there is a BA degree acquisition course, and you can choose one major from composition, cultural research, music history, performance, musical theater, focusing on music theory and music history.In the acclaimed graduate program in the United States, you can earn MA, MFA, and PhD degrees in composition & music theory, and musicology.In addition, you can earn a Joint MA degree in Music + Women's Studies / Gender Studies.
You can also improve your practical skills by participating in ensembles such as orchestras, choirs, early music, and jazz.In the Brandy's Concert Season, there are opportunities to fully enjoy music such as the Lydian String Quartet, which was formed at the school and has performed in Japan, as well as ensemble concerts, music festivals, and electronic music marathons.
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