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Doctoral

Music Performance (DMA)

New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development 90 courses

About This Program

This DMA program in Music Performance prepares musicians to pursue careers in performance, scholarship, and teaching. The DMA is the preferred terminal degree for those who are dedicated to a lifelong career in music. The program is for individuals who have completed a master’s degree in music performance and is designed to be completed in three years of full-time study. Admission to graduate programs in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development requires the following minimum components:

Degree Requirements

MPATC-GE 22xx	credits
MPATC-GE 2205	credits
MPATC-GE 2206	credits

Major Requirements

Music Theory

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2203	Seminar in Music Theory: Survey of Analytical Techniques	3

Major Requirements

Research Methods

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAIA-GE 3400	Performing Arts Research Collegium	3

Major Requirements

Students take three recitals, including one lecture recital, at 1 credit each

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAIA-GE 3402	Doctoral Recital	1
Total Major Requirements		3 credits

Applied Study (private lessons) Courses

Selected from the following:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPABR-GE 2111	Brass Instrument (Private Lessons)	2-3
MPAJZ-GE 2370	Instrumental Jazz (Private Lessons)	2-4
MPAPE-GE 2356	Piano (Private Lessons)	2-4
MPAPS-GE 2111	Percussion Instrmnt (Private Lessons	2-3
MPASS-GE 2111	Stringed Instruments (Private Lessons)	2-3
MPAVP-GE 2111	Vocal Training (Private Lessons)	2-3
MPAWW-GE 2111	Wind Instrmnt (Private Lessons)	2-3

Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2116	Music Theory Pedagogy	3

Required Courses

Select remaining credit from list below

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2018	16th-Century Counterpoint	2
MPATC-GE 2019	18th-Century Counterpoint	2
MPATC-GE 2201	Music Theory Sem: Schenkerian Analysis	3
MPATC-GE 2202	Music Theory Sem: North Indian & Balinese Gamelan Analysis	3
Total Required Courses		9 credits

Required Courses

MPATC-GE 2206

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2209	Music Theory Sem: Music and the Senses	3

Performing Arts Administration

MPAIA-GE 2232

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAPA-GE 2105	Marketing The Performing Arts	3
MPAPA-GE 2008	Law & Performing Arts	3
MPAPA-GE 2110	Audience and Community Engagement in Community Arts Organizations	1.5
MPAPA-GE 2111	Introduction to Commercial Theatre Management	1.5
MPAPA-GE 2120	Planning and Finance for the Performing Arts	3
MPAPA-GE 2130	Environment of Performing Arts Administration.	3
MPAPA-GE 2131	Prin/Prac Performing Arts Administration	3
MPAPA-GE 2132	Devel for The Perf Arts	3
MPAPA-GE 2218	American Creative and Cultural Industries in International Relations	1.5
MPAPA-GE 2225	Cultural Tourism in Arts	1.5
Total Performing Arts Administration		12-13 credits

Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAMB-GE 2101	Principles and Practice in The Music Industry	3
MPAMB-GE 2203	Emerging Models and Markets for Music	3
MPAMB-GE 2206	Strategic Marketing in The Music Industry	3
MPAMB-GE 2211	Data Analysis in the Music Industry: Strategy & Application	3
Total Required Courses		12 credits

Music Technology

Selected from the following:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATE-GE 2031	Distributed Performance	2
MPATE-GE 2036	Adv Musical Acoust	3
MPATE-GE 2038	Creating With Interact Media	3
MPATE-GE 2042	Psychology of Music	3
MPATE-GE 2047	Advanced Computer Music	3
MPATE-GE 2598	Fundamentals of Digital Signal Theory Lab	1
MPATE-GE 2599	Fundamentals of Digital Signal Theory	3
MPATE-GE 2600	Graduate Seminar in Music Technology	3
MPATE-GE 2601	Colloquy in Music Technology	3
MPATE-GE 2602	Thesis in Music Technology I	1
MPATE-GE 2603	Thesis in Music Technology II	1
MPATE-GE 2609	Electronic Music Performance	2
Total Music Technology		12-13 credits

Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2043	Graduate Scoring Foundations: Harmony, Narrative, and Film Language	3
MPATC-GE 2049	Contemporary Scoring Techniques	2-3
MPATC-GE 2429	Music Notation	1
MPATC-GE 2555	Music Editing for Screen Music	3-4

Required Courses

Select remaining credits from courses below:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2041	Scoring Techniques: Video Games	2
MPATC-GE 2048	Scoring Techniques: Film & Animation	2
Total Required Courses		2 credits

Concert Composition

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2321	Private Composition Lessons	3
MPATC-GE 2424	Composers Forum	1

Concert Composition

Select remaining credits from the courses below:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2018	16th-Century Counterpoint	2
MPATC-GE 2019	18th-Century Counterpoint	2
MPATC-GE 2029	Seminar in Composition: Innovation	2
MPATC-GE 2034	Composer’s Ensemble	0-3
MPATC-GE 2039	Contemporary Music	3
MPATC-GE 2069	Opera in The 20th Cent	3
MPATC-GE 2116	Music Theory Pedagogy	3
MPATC-GE 2127	Aesthetics/Compositional Process in Symphony	3
MPATC-GE 2200	Seminar in Music Theory	3
MPATC-GE 2201	Music Theory Sem: Schenkerian Analysis	3
MPATC-GE 2202	Music Theory Sem: North Indian & Balinese Gamelan Analysis	3
Total Concert Composition		8-9 credits

Concert Composition

MPATC-GE 2206

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2209	Music Theory Sem: Music and the Senses	3
MPATC-GE 2321	Private Composition Lessons	1-3

Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAVP-GE 2171	Vocal Pedagogy: Research	3
MPAVP-GE 2172	Vocal Pedagogy: Practice	3
MPAVP-GE 2176	Vocology Research: Care of the Singing Voice	2
MPAVP-GE 2177	Vocology and Care of the Singing Voice II	2

Required Courses

Selected from the courses below:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAVP-GE 2173	Vocal Repertoire for Teaching I	2
MPAVP-GE 2174	Vocal Repertoire for Teaching II	2
Total Required Courses		2 credits

Required Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAJZ-GE 2370	Instrumental Jazz (Private Lessons)	6

Required Courses

Select remaining credits from courses below:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2043	Graduate Scoring Foundations: Harmony, Narrative, and Film Language	3
MPAJZ-GE 2078	The Roots of Jazz: An Original American Art Form	3
MPAJZ-GE 2089	Jazz Arranging: Process and Analysis	2
MPATC-GE 2127	Aesthetics/Compositional Process in Symphony	3
Total Required Courses		6 credits

Required Courses

MPATC-GE 2206

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAJZ-GE 2273	Jazz Arranging & Composition I	3
MPAJZ-GE 2274	Jazz Arranging & Composition II	3

Required Courses

Students take any combination of the following to equal 9 credits:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2039	Contemporary Music	3
MPATE-GE 2042	Psychology of Music	3
MPATC-GE 2127	Aesthetics/Compositional Process in Symphony	3
Total Required Courses		9 credits

Music Education

Selected from the courses below:

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPAET-GE 2953	The Teaching Artist	3
MPAIA-GE 2010	Human Dev/Ed in Arts	3
MPAME-GE 2010	Current Readings in Music Education	3
MPAME-GE 2021	Research in the Arts	3
MPAME-GE 2035	Technology and the Creative Arts	3
MPAME-GE 2139	Current Issues and Perspectives in Music Education	3
MPAMT-GE 2946	Music Improvisation for Artistic Growth	3
Total Music Education		12 credits

Music Theory Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2301	Music Fundamentals	2
MPATC-GE 2232	Graduate Review of Tonal Theory	1
MPATC-GE 2035	Graduate Review of Aural Skills	1

Music History Courses

Code	Course Title	Credits
MPATC-GE 2067	Music History I: Medieval & Renaissance	2
MPATC-GE 2068	Music History II: Baroque & Classical	2
MPATC-GE 2077	Music History III: Romantic	2
MPATC-GE 2078	Music History IV: Twentieth Century	2
MPATC-GE 2323	Global Soundscapes: A Survey of Musical Traditions	2
MPATC-GE 2248	Music History: Gender and Sexuality in Music	2
MPATC-GE 2550	Screen Music: History, Analysis, and Aesthetics.	2
MPATC-GE 2086	Music of East and Southeast Asia, Past and Present	2
MPAJZ-GE 2121	Jazz History	2
MPATE-GE 2138	Global Electronic Music I	3
MPATC-GE 2079	Music History: Music & Protest	2
MPATC-GE 2052	Music History: American Popular Music	2
MPATC-GE 2044	History of Western Art Music I: Antiquity–Classical	2
MPATC-GE 2045	History of Western Art Music II: Romantic–Contemporary	2

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