PhD in CCT at UVA - applications due January 15 + Zoom Open House

[Matthew Burtner]

Hello CEC,

 

Applications are being accepted for five-year fully-funded PhD positions in Composition and Computer Technologies (CCT) at the University of Virginia to begin in fall of 2026. 

 

Deadline for applications: January 15, 2026

Apply at: https://applycentral.virginia.edu/apply/

The UVA Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ competitive 5-year support PhD packages include monthly and summer stipends, full tuition, and health insurance for all admitted students (including for international students). 

 

UVA Music's CCT program emphasizes the integration of instrumental, electronic, and computer-based composition, considered as part of a diverse multimedia and interdisciplinary 21st Century field of art, design, and music. 

 

UVA Music faculty and staff collaborate to create a nexus of creative and technical research. In addition to composing original works, students are encouraged to create their own new technologies and become involved with on-going CCT research groups. Current work involves multichannel digital audio, improvisation, motion capture , music for dance, installation, songwriting, vocal/instrumental music composition, ecoacoustics, and the creation of new interfaces for musical expression.

 

Compositions by CCT composers are performed by visiting ensembles, faculty performers, and resident departmental ensembles. Some past visiting groups playing graduate student compositions include Loadbang, HYPERCUBE, Dither, Da Capo Chamber Players, JACK Quartet, LINU, and the Talujon Percussion Quartet. New music from CCT is also presented annually at the Digitalis and Technosonics Festivals.

  

CCT Graduate Faculty include:

 

JoVia Armstrong

Assistant Professor

https://www.joviaarmstrong.com

 

Matthew Burtner

Eleanor Shea Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Music, Co-Director, Coastal Conservatory

https://www.matthewburtner.com

 

A.D. Carson

Associate Professor of Hip Hop and the Global South

https://aydeethegreat.com

 

Ted Coffey

Professor, Chair of the Department of Music

https://music.virginia.edu/people/ted-coffey

 

Luke Dahl

Associate Professor of Music, and Electrical and Computer Engineering (by courtesy appointment)

https://music.virginia.edu/people/luke-dahl

 

Nicole Mitchell Gantt

Professor

https://www.nicolemitchell.com

 

Leah Reid

Assistant Professor

https://www.leahreid.com

 

Prospective applicants interested in learning more about the program may join us for an Open House on Tuesday, November 18 from 12:30-2pm Eastern US Time (EST) via Zoom. For questions about the program and for the Open House Zoom link, please write to mbur...@virginia.edu . 

 

Best wishes, 

Matthew

Matthew Burtner

Eleanor Shea Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Music

Composition and Computer Technologies (CCT)

Co-Director, Coastal Conservatory 

College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia