REVEALING My Music Composition Portfolio (that got me into Juilliard, Rice, & NEC for my master's)

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I share my music composition portfolio that got me accepted to Juilliard, Rice, and NEC for my master’s degree in music composition. I ended up attending Juilliard for my master’s degree from 2014 to 2016, studying with John Corigliano. Before this, I went to USC for my undergraduate degree in music composition. After my master’s, I attended Columbia University as a doctorate student in music composition, where I’m currently in my 6th year. Be mindful that this portfolio is from 2014, 8 years ago from the posting of this video. So a lot of music has been written since then! At this stage, your portfolio should showcase the best of what you can do and show promise in the field of music composition (and not just “potential,” as I stated in a previous video).
Timestamps:
00:00 Where I was accepted (and rejected!) for my master’s degree in composition
01:14 COMPOSITION 1
07:32 What I think about Composition 1 (in the context of my portfolio)
08:12 COMPOSITION 2
13:17 What I think about Composition 2 (in the context of my portfolio)
14:30 COMPOSITION 3
22:45 What I think about Composition 3 (in the context of my portfolio)

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@saadhaddadmusic 9 месяцев назад

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@RyanLeach Год назад

Ooh that minor maj7 on "Speak" was satisfying

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

Wow I’m honored to see you here! Thanks for kind word on that 🙏🏽

@jerichowood Год назад

great video, great to hear your earlier work!

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

Thanks! I hope you got something out of it.

@asch251 Год назад

I remember commenting and asking for this! Thank you so much for finally making this video. If you could continue on the academic track and explain your personal thought and experiences regarding education after your masters I know personally I would be very interested. Thank you! :)

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

You’re welcome! More coming soon 🔜 sit tight 🙏🏽

@oleksandrkostov1974 Год назад

Wow, thank you. It's a great reference for what a powerful presentation should be. As an idea for further videos, could you tell us about your interviews when you applied for masters/postgrad, maybe give some advice? I hope that wouldn't be a too narrow topic:)

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

That’s a great idea! (Especially re: how to prepare for interviews)

@sentimentalescalade6451 11 месяцев назад

It'd be really nice knowing your thought process during all these compositions right from when you began developing the idea till when you were finally done with the work. That's probably gonna be almost impossible as these were composed quite a while ago😅 I do appreciate the premium content tho!.. thanks so much for dropping these gems Much love from 🇬🇭 ❤

@saadhaddadmusic 11 месяцев назад

For new pieces yes! These are in the pipeline

@ErickAleixoMusic Год назад

HOW DID YALE NOT ACCEPT THIS?! Amazing Pieces Haddad!

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

Thank you (but I still would have gone to Juilliard :P)

@KinkyLettuce Год назад

thank you for your generosity! I was waitlisted for Juilliard(master) and never got in. It must be the lack of live recordings

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

If you waitlisted at Juilliard, chances are you did well with the others? I hope that’s the case! Juilliard is not the end all be all.

@KinkyLettuce Год назад

@@saadhaddadmusic no! I didnt even apply to others. I was honestly only testing the water(i never had a composition degree) and not even expecting anything to begin with, let alone the waitlist😅 Anyway, precious video you have put up, appreciate it

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

@@KinkyLettuce that’s impressive!

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

What would you like to see next?

@malcolmjenkins571 9 месяцев назад

May I ask what software you use to write these pieces out in the format we see in this video that makes them look published

@saadhaddadmusic 9 месяцев назад

Sibelius

@tomerrozen7239 Год назад

What program do you use for notation? The scores look great! Thank you for the tips, very helpful!

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

You're welcome! I use the latest version of Sibelius; though I'm a dinosaur. Lots of people have already switched over to Dorico.

@tomerrozen7239 Год назад

@@saadhaddadmusic I also use Sibelius, yet I find it hard to organize the staves in large pieces. I always end up with two or three bars per page. If I reduce the size, I end up with half empty pages. Any tip on that? Thanks for the reply!

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

@@tomerrozen7239 if you're on Mac, comand-shift-M the number of staves you want to be 1 page and that should do the trick; and you would do that for every page

@tomerrozen7239 Год назад

@@saadhaddadmusic I use windows, guess it should work with control... Thank you so much!

@0live0wire0 Год назад

@@tomerrozen7239 you can set auto fill page when a certain percentage is reached setting from page setup.

@user-xe8en3be8u 8 месяцев назад

I failed to enter Harvard Ph.D composition course. I obtained MA degree in the UK. Actually, your music is much better than mine. Your string work is like Pendereski and orchestral work is like John Williams. I'm very impressed 👍👍👍You don't need Ph.D course.

@saadhaddadmusic 8 месяцев назад

Harvard is not the only place to go :) and thank you 🙏🏽

@sreepurammike 11 месяцев назад

Beautiful Saad! which vst you are using for choir in sibelius

@saadhaddadmusic 11 месяцев назад

Thx! Recording here is live but i just use noteperformer for everything playback related.

@sreepurammike 11 месяцев назад

@@saadhaddadmusic Thank you for your reply. Note performer doesn't have real choir sound yet right?

@saadhaddadmusic 11 месяцев назад

@@sreepurammike honestly no idea 🤣 what ever sound comes out I’m happy with. I don’t really pay too much attention when it comes to VST’s when I’m composing

@elisewinkler4131 Месяц назад

Hi Saad, you mentioned taking a gap year between masters and DMA/PhD… I’m considering doing that, but have no idea what on earth I would do with that year. Do you have any suggestions?

@saadhaddadmusic Месяц назад

I can’t recommend “residency hopping” enough. I’ve mentioned this in a video some time ago!

@sentimentalescalade6451 9 месяцев назад

Hey Saad, approximately how long did it take you to finish all these compositions 😅 I think I'm running out of time in submitting my composition portfolio since I keep contemplating whether what I've got is good enough Cheers mate!❤

@saadhaddadmusic 9 месяцев назад

I’m very slow! It takes me 50-200 hours a piece 🤣 - best of luck if you decide to submit this go-around!

@sentimentalescalade6451 9 месяцев назад

@@saadhaddadmusic Sheesh, that's a lotta time!!😹😹😹 Thanks btw😊

@saadhaddadmusic 9 месяцев назад

@@sentimentalescalade6451 yeppppppp 🤣

@luizfernandohauck4000 5 месяцев назад

hello saad, have you asked your teachers to write a recommendation letter? Do you think it is important?

@saadhaddadmusic 5 месяцев назад

If app asks for it, then yes

@luizfernandohauck4000 5 месяцев назад

another question, please: how to write a proposal letter? Is it different for each institution and country?

@LuiDeca 20 дней назад

did you get a scholarship for these? (I'd be surprised if you didn't - especially the choir and orchestra one)

@saadhaddadmusic 20 дней назад

Only place I got a scholarship was Rice.

@Khrxist Год назад

Do these colleges care about classical compositions? For a bachelor's.

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

I’m not sure what you mean by “classical”? - to me, all these pieces are a continuation of the traditional continuum of Western art music.

@Khrxist Год назад

@@saadhaddadmusic Partically, compositions in the style of say the classical period.

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

@@Khrxist for undergrad I don’t see why not, especially if it was well done and shows potential of growth into a personal style

@theangryginger7582 Год назад

I got into undergrad at NEC with a portfolio that included 2 very "traditional" pieces

@saadhaddadmusic Год назад

@@theangryginger7582 that makes sense, especially for the more traditional conservatory programs: Juilliard, NEC, Curtis, Cleveland Institute of Music, etc.