Fall 2026

Doctoral Level Composition

MUSPERF 747 is a doctoral level composition course for students in the Music: Performance graduate program.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Laura Schwendinger3.6/5Dan Cavanagh

Summary

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Music: Performance graduate program

  • Declared in Music: Performance graduate program
MUSPERF 747

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  • Declared in Music: Performance graduate program

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 3.40/5 from 5 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

DAN CAVANAGH is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

LAURA SCHWENDINGER is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
IND 046Classroom Instruction1 / 50
IND 052Classroom Instruction0 / 10

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=3 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Composition

Skills

  • Doctoral level composition

Grades

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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MUSPERF 747 · Fall 2026

Doctoral Level Composition

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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