Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts 0 courses 90 total credits
The Doctor of Musical Arts program in music with a concentration in music composition is a comprehensive professional degree program if you are an outstanding student of acoustic, electronic and multimedia composition. You develop your own compositional voice and focus on your area of interest, regardless of style or aesthetics, while gaining extensive knowledge through coursework and private lessons with faculty. You have multiple performance opportunities that include readings by the ASU Symphony Orchestra and visiting ensembles; yearlong residencies with the Wind Ensembles and the Philharmonia; commissions for the PRISMS contemporary music festival; and collaborations with student performers, animators, filmmakers and dancers. You have extensive interaction with faculty and opportunities to develop advanced skills in compositional techniques from a wide variety of styles and traditions, with emphasis on fostering your personal approach to composition. Collaborations with music scholars, theorists, performers, educators and other composers provide you with a broad and well-rounded foundation for advanced careers in music and teaching at the university level.
| Total Credits | 90 credits |
Additional Curriculum Requirements
Completion of diagnostic exams in musicology and music theory is required of all new graduate music students before enrollment in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre. Thirty credit hours from a master's degree may be applied toward the 90 credit hour degree requirement. Once admitted to the program, a student is required to be enrolled continuously, excluding summer sessions, until all requirements for the degree have been fulfilled. In general, the student should expect to spend at least the equivalent of three academic years in the program beyond the master's degree. A minimum of two semesters must be spent in continuous full-time residence at ASU. At least 54 credit hours must be completed in residence at ASU. Additional information on requirements for this degree is available on the curriculum check sheet on the Music, Dance and Theatre graduate degree page.
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